This challenge is to design and build a sturdy emergency shelter that can fit one person and easy to build. Are you up to the challenge?

Provides information about Iroquois clothing and shelter. Double-click on an image to see a larger version accompanied by a description. Can also be navigated as a slideshow.

In this lesson, kids build a shelter from the sun and test it using a UV-sensitive bead animal they create. If the shaded animal changes colors, then your shelter did not work.

This is a hands-on challenge to invent a sturdy emergency shelter that's easy to build. Provides a full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary. Activity focuses on the engineering design process...

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...

Informative site explaining what a shelter is and how to best construct a shelter. It also explores the types of shelters possible for construction in a survival setting.

The mission of SFL is to enable people affected by conflict and disaster to rebuild their communities and restore their lives.

In this lesson, the students will build a shelter in order to protect themselves from the rain. After the shelters are built, the class will perform durability and water proof testing on the shelters.

Presenter, Aubrey Manning, explores the excavation of Meadowcroft Rockshelter Aubrey Manning with archeologist, Dr. James Adovasio who has been excavating Meadowcroft Rockshelter campsite for the past 30 years. Details of the inside,...

By the end of this project, the student will be able to understand and work through the stages of the design process, assess and develop design criteria when creating concept and scaled sketches, and use computer design software...

This ebook version of Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)'s The Motherless Bairns, And Who Sheltered Them has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication,...

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,...

Find out why creating and conserving habitat for amphibians and reptiles is important.

Conditions were so horrible in New Orleans that unrest was growing even in the evacuation shelters. Article discusses looting, crime, conditions of New Orleans, and other Gulf Coast areas. Article is from August, 2005.

The resource examines the history of treatment for stress. Some topics included are shell shock, combat stress, post traumatic stress disorder, and Prozac nation.

Learn how to build an appropriate habitat for birds and other animals to maintain structural diversity.

Build a table out of newspaper that can hold a heavy weight. Hands-on challenge to invent a sturdy emergency shelter that's easy to build. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary....

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...

Do you like to build and create new things? Check out this collection of 48 different engineering activities providing opportunities for creative building using things around the house. These include activities like spinning, rubber band...

A detailed site providing lots of information about the Lenapes. Topics covered include where they lived, their communities, work, tools, shelter, clothing, food, transportation, pastimes and entertainment, medicine and health, beliefs,...

We all know that it takes energy to provide us with the basics of shelter: heating, cooling, lighting, electricity, sanitation and cooking. To create energy-efficient housing that is practical for people to use every day requires...

The many forms of housing and shelter that the Metis used are presented. Discussion questions and a bibliography can be found at the end of the article.

The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are in the foothills of the Vindhyan Mountains on the southern edge of the central Indian plateau. Within massive sandstone outcrops, above comparatively dense forest, are five clusters of natural rock...

Former shelter for dockworkers (Antwerp)