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- 6th
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Students learn the definition of a desert, how and why deserts have developed in certain areas. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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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 »
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- 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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- 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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- 2nd - 12th
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Students explore geographic features of the desert and apply their understanding of the topography of the desert by creating a tissue paper painting. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students find and locate the names of foreign countries in the newspaper. They rotate through four or five learning stations on geography. Then they choose an area that interests them and write a research report. 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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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students use a book to discover an interesting fact from the desert using each letter of the alphabet. Using a United States map, they identify the meanings of symbols and locate deserts within the U.S. In groups, they participate in writings and discuss how climate affects how people live in those areas. Full Review »
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