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- Grade Range
- 4th - 12th
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Students observe a model situation and make inferences about real organisms, measure using a balance and record data. They describe and communicate observations relating to specialized organisms and interaction with a dry environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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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 »
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- 3rd
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Students write a first person postcard describing the desert. They use PowerPoint, watercolor crayons, and crayons to complete their projects. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students study the desert, the plants, and animals of the desert and how they can live there. They engage in a wide variety of hands-on experiments, which illustrate life in the desert. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students brainstorm on what they think characterizes a desert. Outside experts come to the class to discuss desert animals with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 6th
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Students describe geographical places through art, music, writing, and math. They compile information in booklets which may be published. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students take a vicarious journey across the world's deserts and illustrate ways in which they are formed. Once they examine the plants and animals of the environment, they list how these have adapted in order to survive in an inhospitable environment. On maps, students locate deserts and present them to third graders. Finally, students research specific deserts and create travel brochures and write "desert haiku." Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students use the disciplines of math and science to examine ecosystems. In groups, they calculate the amount of supplies they would need to live in the classroom for one day, a week and a year. Using this information, they apply it to situations facing the world. To end the lesson, they examine the amount of paper wasted in their class and how to use it more efficiently. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students identify a variety of animals and habitats of the desert. They define nocturnal and diurnal, and complete a class Venn diagram comparing different desert animals. Next, they role-play different nocturnal and diurnal desert animals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students discuss prior knowledge about deserts and focus their attention on the saguaro cactus. In groups, they examine a cactus snd record their observations in journals. Students conduct experiments with sponges, one covered with vaseline, to simulate how a cactus retains water. They conclude by listening to the teacher read the book, "Cactus Hotel." Full Review »
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