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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students study characteristics of the Kalahari Desert, and the biological adaptations that enhance lions' survival and reproductive success. They, in groups, produce a mural depicting life in the Kalahari Desert. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students examine the Nevada state quarter and discuss the Great Basin and the desert habitat. They draw a desert animal and write a sentence about its attributes and how they help the animal to survive in its habitat. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students use the internet to gather information on the desert and the animals that live in them. Using various websites, they record important information on their animal for their research paper. On an index card, they must collect their information and copy it to a Word document. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students use the internet to gather information on animals that live in the desert. Using the computer, they practice using a keyboard and printing pictures from different websites. They make bookmarks for internet sites and try using them at different times to see their purpose. They also practice using search engines. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore Southern Arizona's and Sonoran Desert plants. They predict what plants we have on our campus, based on students' previous experiences in the class, and what they see on the web sites. They then compare this first list to the actual plants seen during a walking tour. Students will fine-tune the final version with an expert. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students study the Anza-Borrego Desert. They complete the Patterns Project and survey the history of San Diego. They present their research to the class in the form of poster or report. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students demonstrate understanding and applications of concept of living matter as opposed to nonliving matter which are specific to desert region of Texas, identify basic life forms of Texas desert biome, and play variation of Project WILD game "Oh Deer" called "Oh Desert." Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students brainstorm what they know about deserts and collect that information in the K column of the KWL Chart. They ask questions concerning what they Want to know, and they or the teacher write(s) them in the W column of the KWL Chart. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students are introduced to the different adaptations animals living in the desert use to survive. In groups, they participate in two experiments to determine how cacti store water and discover how their skin expands. To end the lesson, they complete their lab sheets and discuss their results as a class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore components of habitat, identify basic need for animals to have food, water, shelter, and space, identify specific habitat components necessary for Chihuahuan Desert animal species, and use Habitat Cards to play habitat game. Full Review »
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