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...

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.

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,...

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....

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...

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)

An archaeological site, a rock overhang used as shelter during the Archaic period in North America.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Survival Shelter."

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about wildlife workers who are building artificial reefs to provide food and shelter for sea life. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...

Children design an animal habitat and talk about how the habitat provides the animal's basic needs -- shelter, water, and food -- using this block center activity. It includes three resources.

Here is an idea for organizing a volunteer effort to collect needed items for animal shelters.

In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption.

An image of "Romulus and Remus Given Shelter by Faustulus", created by Pietro Da Cortona, c. 1643 (Oil on canvas, 251 x 266 cm).

Find a classroom-ready annotated slideshow and lesson plans designed to introduce students to fundamental architectural concepts and to improve their skills in recognizing the structural components of architecture. Slideshow uses...