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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students define and explore the term "survivor" through the study of real-life stories of survival. They interview a person whom he/she considers to be a survivor, and share their interviews with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students work as a class orally discussing, reflecting, and then creating a chart of items necessary for survival. From the chart, students then create a Survival board game. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students make a chart with columns for water, food, shelter, fire, and other needs.Then list whatever each person thinks they might need in each column to survive for at least a week in the outdoors during that season. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students listen to story The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto for background information on the Itidarod, research, follow, and log a musher's progress throughout the Iditarod Dog Sled Race, and take part in a survival course at a local gym. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students study physical and behavioral adaptations of animal species. They focus on how both the animal's habitat and adaptation increase its chances for survival. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students examine what to do in the event of a natural disaster. They conduct Internet research, and create a brochure or survival guide to educate others about surviving a natural disaster. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students brainstorm a list of the various scenerios going on their family life at home. In groups, they read about different perspectives on survival and identify ones they could use in their own lives. They share their own experiences more in detail with a partner and summarize their partner's experiences. To end the lesson, they write a poem about how they want to live their lives and survive the situation they are in. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are able to observe and describe that organisms interact with one another in various ways to survive. Students discuss ways that they depend on their parents (adults) for survival. They are asked:"Are there any examples of things we see in nature that are dependent on anything to survive?" Students work in pairs to explore about organisms that interact with other organisms in order to survive. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students participate in a simulation of life on a deserted island. They apply their critical thinking skills and knowledge of oceans and islands to "survive" and ultimately return to safety. Lesson contains adaptations for all levels. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students, while in the computer lab, experience, experiment and study wilderness survival skills. After visiting several sites, they brainstorm with the class realistic situations in which they might need to use survival skills (snow storms, thick fog, and thunder storms, etc.). Full Review »
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