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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 survive within an ecosystem, an animal must be physically and behaviorally adapted to the conditions of its environment. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students explore the geography of the Sahara region of Africa and identify characteristics of a desert habitat. They explore the culture of the people living there and how it has adapted to desert life. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students identify and label the major deserts of the world using a satellite image map of the world. 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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- 3rd - 4th
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Students correspond with Israeli students from Jerusalem by email as part of a study on desert and semi-arid regions. They conduct background research and become proficient in the use of electronic mail. Full Review »
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- 4th - 7th
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Students examine two prints that show examples of life in the desert ecosystem. They investigate the diversity of animals and plants that make homes in the desert. They determine how the plants and animals depend on each other to survive in this environment. 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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- 1st - 6th
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Students read both fiction and nonfiction books with desert themes. Then they write desert stories and reports, reviewing texts for information to include in writing. Students also design desert scenes with details and setting elements imagined while reading. Finally, they research specific animals of the desert such as bats, rabbits, snakes, birds, spiders, scorpions, and beetles and draw animals and their desert homes. Full Review »
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