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152 Desert geology Lesson Plans

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Grade Range
6th
Rating
3 Stars

Students learn the definition of a desert, how and why deserts have developed in certain areas. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

Students explore the challenges of building a thriving human civilization in a desert environment. They design new technologies to assist people living in the desert. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students determine how climates differ, and how meteorologists collect all kinds of weather data, including daily high and low temperatures and average monthly rainfall. They use similar weather data to create a graph comparing three climates. Full Review »

Grade Range
10th - Higher Ed
Rating
4 Stars

Students gain a better understanding of how scientists can use foraminifera to interpret past environments. Specifically, students have the opportunity to explain one of the basic tenets of geology - the present is the key to the past. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine igneous and sedimentary rocks. They observe and identify geological formations in their community, analyze igneous and sedimentary geological layers using a geological map, and use GPS to locate geological formations. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 10th
Rating
3 Stars

Students examine the differences between the geologic eras. Using this information, they relate it to the appearance of different organisms in a fossil record. They use their chairs to represent specific events in the geological history of the Earth. Full Review »

Grade Range
8th - 11th
Rating
3 Stars

Students, after being given extensive information on surface roughness on Venus and a presentation on the electromagnetic spectrum, are introduced to the use of radar images for geologic feature identification. They explore the reflection of NASA and its findings with radar images as well. In addition, they simulate a radar image in a lab experiment with string and photographs. Full Review »

Grade Range
2nd - 4th
Rating
4 Stars

Students explore the four different deserts in the United States and their characteristics. They discuss the four different types of deserts in United States and their characteristics, and locate them on a map. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students discover that geology is something that is all around them. In groups, they participate in an activity in which they collect evidence and make observations. They solve a "murder mystery" in examining the history of a landscape. Full Review »

Grade Range
3rd - 5th
Rating
3 Stars

Students investigate the concept of deserts and erosion. They conduct research using a variety of resources and focus upon finding images of the Painted Desert in Arizona. They create drawings that are imitations taken from the images. Full Review »