Explore the body's immune system to understand how a virus enters the body and how the human body fights against the viruses like the mumps virus and HIV.

Prolonged space travel plays a severe toll on the human body: microgravity impairs muscle and bone growth, and high doses of radiation cause irreversible mutations. As we seriously consider the human species becoming space-faring, a big...

Read an excerpt from the Pulitzer Prize winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies" by Jared Mason Diamond. This book discusses why Eurasian civilizations have survived and conquered others while refuting the idea...

A description of a lesson where students first listen to a story where they begin to think about and discuss the impact humans and natural disasters have on the environment. They then play a board game. This requires preparation...

This lesson reinforces comprehension of key facts and concepts in the student article "The Awesomely Evolved Human Brain." Students will understand that the brain's reward system has evolved to help ensure the survival of the species....

Students will look at the needs of humans and of fish in this mini-unit to develop an appreciation of how important our water resources are.

Displays images by photojournalist, Sebastian Salgado, on immigrants in motion "seeking survival and a better life - one individual at a time, one family at a time, from field to town to city, and across national boundaries"....

In small groups, students will experiment and observe the similarities and differences between human-made objects and nature. The students will compare the function and structure of hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks, tool...

Video describes the struggle of infant sea turtles as they deal with hazards and predators in their environment. [4:26] Includes a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.

This is the PBS Evolution site, including excellent information on Darwin, Change, Extinction, Survival, Sex, Humans, and Religion.

Endangered species are often elusive and human sightings of the animals can be rare. The San Joaquin kit fox, however, listed as endangered since 1967 has learned to survive in urban and suburban areas.

A comprehensive guide to climate change in Canada. This site offers both a national look and then looks at the implications of climate change on specific regions and provinces.

In the novel "Frightful," a peregrine falcon, has spent most of her life depending on a human and must now learn how to survive in the wild on her own. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 4-9) to pair with "Frightful's Mountain" by...

A good site which explains the effect of the outside the body environment on the HIV virus. This addresses the common fear of airborne transmission. Original resource from 1999 U. S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Selected (8) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "World Without Fish" by Mark Kurlansky. Mark Kurlansky discusses how humans treat the oceans and the fish that live in them, and what the world will likely look like if fish...

The Great Depression took a terrible toll on individuals and families. Read about the massive unemployment, ways people tried to survive, and the subtle change in people's attitudes toward the role of government in helping its citizens.

Hawks's research involves the use of mtDNA studies to hypothesize the ability to survive in certain climatic zones.

This is a complete preview of a timed hunter education course. The online course requires registration (free) and, on successful completion, the user qualifies for a hunting certificate in Washington State. This comprehensive course...

Students review the study of living things and make connections back to Earth's systems. This unit focuses on how various species, grouped in populations and communities, work with the nonliving things around them to ensure survival.

This oral history transcript from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute documents the tumultuous life and leadership of the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who survived a bomb attack that destroyed his home.

A great explanation and hands-on activity to compare strategies of animal reproduction. Sea urchins and humans are compared.

This is a pre-assessment to be done at the beginning of a unit on the needs of living things. Students draw themselves and what they need to survive. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.

In the fall of 1939 the Nazis invaded Irene Gut's beloved Poland, ending her training as a nurse and thrusting the sixteen-year-old Catholic girl into a world of degradation that somehow gave her the strength to accomplish what amounted...

Using spinach leaf disks, learners measure the rate at which the photosynthesis process occurs. Students speculate on further investigations that could be done and discuss how the rate at which photosynthesis occurs has vast implications...