key chain lights and window punches for family and friends

as a former classroom teacher I had about 150 "lab rats" at my disposal yearly for a lot of years....they built either an actual or "on paper"...

hurricane plan
3 day "go bucket"
MRE style entrée from off the shelf sources
land navigation lab
Sun compass from wristwatch
escape and evasion simulation

they were an excellent source for research and observations, especially after action reports following the hurricanes

we were our county's pilot school for Learning Communities, and we chose survival as our primary topic...the initial year we did a large project as a county emergency management team...