Home sweet home. Humans, birds, beavers, ants, we all need a place place to rest and keep us safe. In the ninth lesson of this series, the importance of shelter is discussed as the teacher reads aloud the book Tillena Lou's Day in the...

Students graph the number of items contributed to the food drive. They compare daily results to other days or to an overall goal and answer questions based on the graph.

In this living things worksheet, students will write in 1 main role living things play in their habitat and then write in 4 supporting details in this graphic organizer.

Students simulate that they need to develop a new home on a different planet. They design a shelter that will ensure their survival after researching the characteristics of the other planet. They write an essay about their home design.

  Students review the location of different Native American tribes that would have lived close to the school.  In this Native American lesson, 1st graders create a drawing of the food, clothing, and shelter of the specific tribe the...

In this pancake breakfast planning worksheet, 5th graders solve and complete 9 different problems that include completing a chart for a pancake breakfast. First, they set up a spreadsheet to help them plan the event. Then, students...

Here is a two-part lesson plan that starts with the story The Salamander Room. After reading the story students use a digital camera to take pictures of animal habitats in their school yard. The next day student use Kid Pix to place...

Animals, like humans, live each day needing air, water, food, and shelter. Introduce this lesson y showing pictures of various animals and have a short discussion about their homes. Next, read aloud Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal...

Students investigate how food, clothing and shelter come from soil after they examine soil from their own backyards. They map soils on the color wheel before making glue and soil pictures and tie-dying T-shirts in red soil.

Students observe and reflect on habitats built and used by various life forms. They discover the benefits of the "homes" to the creature and its life and apply the natural designs to human uses.

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...

Students research and design traditional and contemporary shelters from around the world. They build replicas of structures resembling the chosen cultures and time periods. They then connect with classmates to find similarities and...

Students investigate how living things depend on one another for food, shelter, and other needs. They create artwork depicting a variety of living things thriving in an interdependent rainforest environment. Students blend primary...

Pupils access the Global Sun Temperature Project website and research the relationship between the location and climate of a participating school to its building structure. They consider how climate affects the type of structures humans...

In this living things activity, students complete a graphic organizer by fill in what plants and animals need: food, water, space, and shelter.

In this language arts worksheet, students identify which page to locate various chapter of a book for specific things about caring for a pet turtle. Then they determine how many chapters there are in the book and give it a title.

Students investigate habitats of local animals. In this habitat lesson, students explore the land surrounding their school for natural habitats. Using a digital camera, students document the habitat and use a word processing program to...

In this Native Americans worksheet, students fill out a graphic organizer about different Native American tribes and their environment, clothing, shelter, and more. Students research 5 different tribes.

Pupils listen to a story about seashells. They discuss shelled animals. Learners describe the function of seashell. Pupils relate the function of a seashell to their own dwelling. They differentiate between shelled animals that make...

Young scholars take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and ideas. Then they select and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and...

Young scholars explore ways in which the environment influences the design and construction of homes around the world. They explain how humans adapt to variations in the physical environment.

Students examine different homes and shelters across cultures and time periods. In this Houses and the People They Shelter activity, students draw conclusions about society and culture according to the features of their dwellings....

In this earth science worksheet, students identify and describe why animals and some plants need shelter. Then they identify some of the different types of shelters that animals use.

Fifth graders demonstrate their knowledge for how animals survive in natural environments when a storm occurs. In this science/writing instructional activity, 5th graders engage in a listening activity with the teacher. Additionally,...