TEACHING RESOURCE
A list of specific organizing strategies for teachers and parents to help disorganized students.
WORKSHEETS
This worksheet focuses on 8 different scenarios designed to challenge students' perceptions and attitudes about…
In this social studies activity, students consider what they would need to survive underground for an extended period of…
Students work in cooperative teams to explore and expand the concept of survival.
Students analyze a character's personality before and after a survival situation.
When faced with a survival situation, the most important thing is to remain calm.
Students explore the rationing of food and supplies as is necessary in a survival emergency.
ACTIVITIES
Making fire without the aid of matches is difficult, but essential to survival in the wild, as students learn in this…
One way to make perishable food last for a long time is to dry it, as students learn in this printable.
Students use what they know about the Arctic along with reference materials to fill out an Arctic region knowledge chart…
If you were planning a trip to the Arctic, what precautions might you take to protect yourself from frostbite? What…
Students construct a compass out of household objects and then learn how to read it. This social studies activity…
Students learn how to adjust for the difference between true north and magnetic north by calculating the declination.
Students imagine they are stranded and need to create a broadcast of a ten-second call for help.
This critical thinking activity asks students to generate ideas for how to find a source of fresh water.
Students explore using the sun as a directional source -- a natural compass.
Students learn about the North Star as it is used to navigate when no landmarks are available.
Learning to tie a variety of knots could prove useful in any number of situations.
Students learn common ways to make water safe for human consumption.
Learn about winter survival in the Alaskan wilderness through a great dogsled story. This guide to Ice Dogs by Terry…
BOOK GUIDES
The Real Kids, Real Stories series from Free Spirit Publishing focuses on short, stand-alone stories of courageous and…
LESSON PLANS
Filled with pictures, maps, and straightforward explanations, this is the book that will enable young people to…
The third lesson in Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attacks helps students to examine the possible repercussions…
