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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students investigate the adaptations of desert plants that allow them to survive in harsh climates. They conduct labs, participate in discussions and create a survival guide for a desert plant. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine and categorize plants in their own schoolyard desert garden and then observe other plant areas of their schoolyard. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students identify different plants based on oral descriptions. They examine some adaptations plants make to survive in the desert through experiments. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students study important roles and interrelatedness in plants and animals in the habitat of the Sonoran Desert. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students hypothesize and discover how plants gather water in the desert. They use sand , cups and spoons to find the most water and deduce how plants must use roots and leaves. They research subject in "Eyewitness Science Deserts." Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students estimate the life size height or length of a desert plant or animal using measurements given. They create pictures that compare their estimates with the true size of the plant or animal. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students identify interrelationships between and among desert plants and animals and create a desert scene. Through class discussion, students analyze how changes in interrelationships affect the animals and plants of the desert. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine how desert plants and animals are adapted to life in the desert. They listen to the book, "Seasons of Saguaro," conduct experiments to demonstrate plant succulence, and create and draw an animal or plant that illustrates desert survival. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are able to identify adaptations that plants have developed to deal with harsh desert conditions, as well as explain how these adaptations help to protect these plants. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students are introduced to desert plants and animals. They demonstrate that the name of an organism does not always match the object. Students perform a guided internet search in order to complete a report. Full Review »
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