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Students examine how all students have basic needs and wants. that many of the basic needs and wants can be met within the family. Full Review »
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Students brainstorm basic needs of astronauts in space, and use the Writing Land for Space in Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center to find area related to basic needs in space to write about. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students, in groups, create a project to display examples and non-examples of basic needs. They answer what is needed for basic survival of all living things. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students participate in a classroom visit from a social worker. They examine ways families and neighborhood workers provide basic needs for people. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students make cards illustrating things they think they need and want to be healthy and happy. Groups then sort these cards into "wants" and "needs." The whole class discusses what it means when people's basic needs are not met and the relation of basic human needs to human rights. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore the basic needs of living things. They observe a variety of living things and identify the basic needs of each living item. Students create food balls of peanut butter and nuts to feed animals. They hang their food balls in a "safe" place and in an unusual habitat. Students record their observations. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore the four basic needs of plants. They examine plants as they grow. Students discuss the changes that they see in the growing plants. They observe what happens to a plant when one of its basic needs is taken away. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the unique and diverse historical artifacts that people have designed to fulfill their everyday needs in extraordinary ways. They identify ways humans have used design throughout history to enhance the ways they meet their basic needs. Students analyze why people have a need to design new objects and new technologies to meet their basic needs. They also develop an appreciation for the unique and diverse artifacts that people have created to meet their basic needs. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students study the basic needs of animals and compare them to human needs. They make bird feeders using milk carton and pine cones. They review the basic needs of food, water, air, and shelter and discuss what happens when animals are deprived of their basic needs. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a unit that is looking at the needs of human beings and how they are sometimes not met. Students use research methods in order to find out how to meet the needs of others in order to help avoid conflict. They complete a project handout in small groups. Full Review »
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