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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students identify the characteristics of desert animals that enable them to adapt to the harsh environment. They draw and color animals in their desert habitats and write riddles about the animals. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students are introduced to the topic of the desert. They complete a chart of what they know, and what they want to know, about the desert. They create a bulletin board using cacti to display what they know about the desert. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students use Internet to research desert animals. They create a desert animal diorama and share with their classmates. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students do various activities to explain where the United States' desert region lies in relationship to the state in which they live, become familiar with plants and animals in the Sonoran desert, and make a story map of Roadrunner terrain. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students study deserts and the plants, animals, and people who inhabit them. In groups, they create their own stories about the inhabitants of the Mojave desert. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students explore desert landscapes and the animals that inhabit the desert. They discuss deserts and the animals that live there. Students compose a story using the correct sequence and illustrate the story with items they would find in the desert. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the vocabulary of desert animals and observe pictures of the animals as they name them. As a class, students compare and contrast the characteristics of desert animals. Using a specified website, students match pictures of desert animals to their correct names. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create a Sonora Desert Mural. They explore the plants and animals of three different Sonora Desert habitats and describe how animals, plants, and people adapt to living in a dry area. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students read both fiction and nonfiction books with desert themes. Then they write desert stories and reports, reviewing texts for information to include in writing. Students also design desert scenes with details and setting elements imagined while reading. Finally, they research specific animals of the desert such as bats, rabbits, snakes, birds, spiders, scorpions, and beetles and draw animals and their desert homes. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students spend time examining pictures from different books on Egypt and the pyramids. Using construction paper, they draw what they believe the desert looks like based on the pictures. To end the lesson, they use watercolor paint to color their drawing. Full Review »
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