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,...

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Read about the different types of houses that people live in. Includes audio narration in 23 additional languages with text in English.

CNN features an audio slideshow that chronicles the return home of a man that had spent four months in an evacuation shelter.

"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.

A site researched and created by a group of youth in San Diego to raise awareness of the area's homeless issue.

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.