Storm Shield: What Living Things Need
Grades K Five 45-minute sessions Engineering Life Science
Storm Shield: What Living Things Need

Design and build a shelter to keep animals safe in severe weather.
Resources
Objectives:
- Design and create a device to keep animals safe during a storm.
- Describe what animals (and other living things) need to stay alive.
The Tech Academies
This activity was developed in partnership with educators from The Tech Academies Fellowship program. Tech Academy Fellows learn to be leaders of STEM education while designing and testing resources to be shared with other educators.
Standards alignment
- Engineering Design
- Science and Engineering Practices
- Cross Cutting Concepts
- Disciplinary Core Ideas