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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wind Distribution of Weed Seeds

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate how many seasons it would take for wind to disperse seeds one mile downwind from an initial growth of one spotted knapweed plant. They construct and use a wind tunnel as part of their experiment and graph their results.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Design Revolution: Get the Word Out

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research the "Design for the Other 90%" exhibition and create a presentation about the low cost designs. In this design lesson, students read and watch a video about the project. Students survey people about publicizing events....
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Resources and the Environment: Humans Design Their Homes

For Teachers K - 1st
After hearing and discussing the story of The Three Little Pigs, students work in groups to construct houses using craft sticks. They then decide how well their house would serve as a living space and in what climatic conditions it would...
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Website
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Children's Homes in France During the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit honors those that sheltered Jewish children during the German occupation of France. Children's homes were established to protect the children from persecution. Take a look at three of these homes and view artifacts,...
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Website
Brown University

Brown University: Sheltered English Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Under the heading, "Language Support for Studentsin the Home and in School," this site provides detailed tips and support information on language instruction. The headings covered include create participatory, inquiry-based classrooms,...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Space Shelter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The invasion has taken place and we need to find a new home. To ensure your survival beyond earth's occupation you must design a shelter that can be built on another planet. Students will research the characteristics of a planet of their...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Home, Sweet Home!

For Teachers 5th
In this activity, the students will use wax paper shaped as leaves and kite string to build a shelter to protect them from the rain. The students will then test the shelters for durability and water resistance.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Animal Shelter Photographer

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: American Indian Culture of the West

For Students 6th - 8th
The Western Indian tribes hit the lottery with the abundant natural resources in their area. The tribes that called this area home had diverse cultures depending on the geography of their specific location. Delve into these cultures and...
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Article
Other

Springboard Magazine: Animal Homes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A nice overview of the reasons why animals need homes as well as different types of homes. Some of the shelters featured include, borrows, hives, dens, nests, and tree hollows.
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Unit Plan
Other

San Francisco Department of Emergency Management: 72 Hours: Are You Prepared?

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you prepared for a major disaster or emergency? Would you know what to do until you could get help? Find out how to prepare yourself ahead of time by building an emergency supply kit and also what to do in a specific disaster such as...
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Other

Cal Earth the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Founded and directed by the internationally renowned architect and author Nader Khalili, this institute works to create homes from the earth using such materials as sand, clay, and dirt. Its mission is to create tree-less places for...
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Website
Other

Equipped to Survive: Survival for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides very important lifesaving survival information to use if you are out on an adventure or just get lost. Includes a Kid's Wilderness Survival Primer, Kid's Don't-Leave-Home-Without-It Equipment section, and a Stay Alive...
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Other

Operation Santa Paws: Holiday Toys and Treats for Shelter Pets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here is an idea for organizing a volunteer effort to collect needed items for animal shelters.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Cold Room? Heat It Up With a Homemade Solar Air Heater

For Students 3rd - 8th
Humans need food, water, and warm shelter to survive. But a lot of humans depend on fossil fuels to supply gas and electricity to heat our homes. But burning fossil fuels to create energy is harmful to the environment. In this science...
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Handout
Other

Broward Community College: The Gopher Tortoise

For Students 9th - 10th
The population of the gopher tortoise is limited by homes, roads, and buildings made by humans. This valuable species creates burrows that provide shelter for numerous creatures during natural disasters like forest fires. This site...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Passive Solar Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to passive solar design for buildings--an approach that uses the sun's energy and the surrounding climate to provide natural heating and cooling. They learn about some of the disadvantage of conventional heating...
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Family: A House for Me

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read about the different types of houses that people live in. Includes audio narration in 23 additional languages with text in English.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Does It Mean to Be a Refugee?

For Students 9th - 10th
About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have become Internally Displaced Persons, meaning they fled their homes but are still in their own...
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Website
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Meadowcroft Rockshelter Historical Marker

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting article about the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and how archaeologists were able to dig through enough strata to determine that it was the home for paleo-Indians in Pennsylvania about 16,000 years ago. See pictures of some of...
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Interactive
CNN

Cnn: Living Alone

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN features an audio slideshow that chronicles the return home of a man that had spent four months in an evacuation shelter.
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Website
Other

Portland Habitat for Humanity

For Students 9th - 10th
"Join us as we build simple, decent, affordablehouses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter." Portland Habitat allows you to meet new home owners and read about their attempts to gain housing for their families.
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Website
Other

Cyber Y Technology Center: Life on the Streets

For Students 9th - 10th
A site researched and created by a group of youth in San Diego to raise awareness of the area's homeless issue.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Around Scotland: Scotland During the Second World War

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site looks at what the homefront of Scotland was like during WW II. The students take on the role of an enemy spy and work their way through the site, learning as they go. There is a separate teacher section. Archived.