PBS
Pbs: Nature: Interactive Game: Toki's Survival Challenge
As part of the larger Nature site that follows orphaned cheetahs, this interactive game lets you see what it is like to hunt like a cheetah. You'll find that it is not easy to catch an impala.
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National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: Cancer Survival Toolbox
The resource is a free, self-learning audio program that has been developed by leading cancer organization to help people develop important skills to better meet and understand the challenges of their illness. Twelve modules are included...
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Supersize Crocs: Crocodile Secrets of Survival
Documentary on the search for crocodiles measuring twenty feet or more in length, and the challenges to survival they face, e.g., from hunters. The reasons for their survival from dinosaur times are also examined.
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Equipped to Survive: Survival for Kids
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...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Survival of a People: Using Our Natural Resources 1875 19
The struggle of communities to inhabit small islands off the coast of Nova Scotia is profiled. Weather and poor land challenged the people but as transportation and communication expanded, the isolation and life style of the islanders...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Nova: Denali for Kids: Surviving Denali: Body Breakdowns
Hikers challenging themselves with climbing Denali experience many physical things in their body from their heads to their toes. Click on parts of the hiker to see what the hiker might be feeling during the climb.
PE Central
Pe Central: Swimming Survivor Challenge I
Students familiar with basic swimming strokes learn and review Red Cross swimming skills through this activity, which is loosely based on the television show "Survivor." Students, organized into small groups, or "tribes," earn points...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Prince Edward Island Memories of Wwii
Share in the stories of seven men and women from Prince Edward as they relate their experiences during World War ll. Listen to Bob Johnson as he tells of his harrowing experience in Burma, after being shot down, and spending 22 days in...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Backyard Organisms
Utah is a beautiful state with a rich and diverse population of living creatures. This activity challenges you to spend a few minutes outside thinking about and observing the organisms living in your backyard.
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Pine Forge Press: Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society: Quiz
Take this 12 question multiple choice and true or false quiz to test your knowledge on tribal societies in a post industrial society.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Sanctuary for Fast Cats
The number of cheetahs in the African wilderness has dwindled dramatically in the last 20 years. Find out what is being done in the United States to ensure the survival of this species.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Adaptations of Desert Amphibians and Reptiles
The evolution of amphibians from prehistoric days is described, and the challenges they face when living in a desert environment, of which the ability to reproduce is the greatest. How they manage to survive in a desert is explained in...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: To Live With Honor and to Die With Honor
How do your faith and spirit survive in times of great suffering? The Jewish people were faced with this challenge in the ghettos during the Holocaust. Despite the horror surrounding them, they preserved strong religious beliefs and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Above Ground Storage Tanks in the Houston Ship Channel
Students are provided with an introduction to above-ground storage tanks, which sets the stage for the real-world engineering challenge presented in the associated activity- to design new and improved storage tanks that can survive storm...
PBS
Skydive From the Stratosphere
This simulation allows you to experience Joe Kittinger's famous 1960 skydiving feat. As you ascend the troposphere and stratosphere you can view changes in several atmospheric conditions. The challenge will be surviving the leap once you...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: American Indian Movement
A document on native people's movements can be downloaded here. It contains a National Alliance for Red Power (NARP) newsletter from June/July 1969, that was published in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is followed by materials from...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Brute" by Joseph Conrad
This is the text of the short story "The Brute" by Joseph Conrad. A ship is known as The Brute because of its perceived knack for killing at least one sailor on every one of its voyages, but instead of frightening men away, the bolder...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Brain Parasites Change Their Host's Behavior
The biggest challenge in a parasite's life is to move from one host to another. Intriguingly, many parasites have evolved the ability to manipulate the behavior of their hosts to improve their own survival- sometimes even by direct brain...
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center
Fas Community Resource Center: Triumphant March
Read about John Kellerman, a man born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, who, despite being born with both brain and heart damage, not only survives but also earns his high school diploma. Read about the beginning of his life, his supportive...
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Buffalo Hunt, 1846
Before the European settlers almost wiped out the buffalo, there were huge herds roaming the Plains.The buffalo hunts by Native Americans were essential for the survival of the tribes, and were fine tuned challenges between man and...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Haleakala National Park
This is an informational resource from the Haleakala National Park that provides much information on the ecosystems there. Animal and plant life has faced many challenges to survive in this harsh environment, which has been wrought with...
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons: Henry Ford and the Model T
This site from John Wiley & Sons examines Henry Ford and the Model T. It provides an in-depth description of how Henry Ford solved production challenges and worker shortages. Read about the other automobile companies that survived in...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: Onto the National Stage
Women gained the right to vote and began to become active members of Congress as the United States faced many challenges. Early congresswomen served during the Great Depression, WWII, and the start of the Cold War. They had a voice in...
Curated OER
Fas Community Resource Center: Triumphant March
Read about John Kellerman, a man born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, who, despite being born with both brain and heart damage, not only survives but also earns his high school diploma. Read about the beginning of his life, his supportive...