A good description of the theories behind the various migration routes into the Americas, the evidence for pre-Clovis culture in the eastern part of America, and a discussion of the paleoindian sites particularly in Pennsylviania.

Working to reduce the illicit drugs in America, this is the website of Partnership For A Drug Free America. This site contains a database of drugs with slang names as well as standard. For each drug there are descriptions of the drug...

Use this extensive Ezra-Jack Keats website. It gives a summary of the different books and looks at Keats as a person and author.

"Plants and Places" is a one page, nonfiction passage about how plants fit the types of environment they live in such as cactus like hot, dry weather and live in Arizona. The state flowers fit the climate of the states. It is followed by...

This site contains a short biography on artist Frederic Remington. Also includes a copy of his work "The Blue Quail of the Cactus".

Game that involves removing objects so that a pair of balloons can float to the sky while avoiding cacti and other sharp objects.

Game that involves removing objects so that a pair of balloons can float to the sky while avoiding cacti and other sharp objects.

A lesson unit where students work in small groups to conduct an experiment with two cacti to test whether plants need water.

Comprehensive wildlife site provides extensive data on the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl. Discover more about its' diet, population, range, behavior and more.

Use this site to find out how deserts are formed, where the largest desert is located and if there are different types of deserts.

Read a description of the portrait of John Nance Garner painted during his second term as Franklin Roosevelt's vice-president. Following that is a short biography of his career in politics.

Use this site to create your own picture book of 21 endangered species. As you color each of the pages you can learn about each endangered animals.

This site provides information on the Zilker Botanical Gardens located in Austin, Texas. If you click on "Main Features, there will be descriptions of all the small gardens within the large garden. You can also check out pictures of the...

This site has several pictures and links on the flora of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.

The body features and habits of a living thing that help it to live in its surroundings is called Adaptation. [3:39]

Ocean Oasis is a giant-screen film that depicts Mexico's Sea of Cortes and the Baja California desert. This companion site features much of the information the film has, such as beautiful images of animals, water, and land that have...

Here you can find fact sheets on over 50 species of animals. Find an animal by where it lives in the world, and learn all about it.

This site gives information about lighting techniques in photography. Lighting in a photo is divided by its sources of light and can be classfied by its direction.

In this personal site find 28 large high-quality pictures of the islands nature - huge turtles, iguanas, exotic birds, sea cats, and of course perfect landscapes. It's an interesting photo cruise to Galapagos islands.

Extreme heat does not deter Harris's Antelope Squirrel from vigorous daytime activity. It is agile, scampering over sharp-spined cholla cactus without being pricked, and may sit on top of a cactus to look around. Learn more about the...

Investigate the theory that including desert plants such as mesquite and cactus in a diet can help control obesity and diabetes. Design a scientific experiment that will test this hypothesis, using control variables, observation and...

Northern Pygmy Mice are the smallest rodents in North America. They live in a variety of habitats where there is dense ground cover and eat grass seeds and leaves, prickly pear cactus fruit and stems, mesquite beans, and granjeno berries...

Southern Plains Woodrats are found in places where grasses, creosotebush, mesquite, and cactus grow. Local populations can reach high levels and then crash. Learn more about the Neotoma micropus, more commonly known as a Southern Plains...

Mesquite Mice live in dense mesquite thickets known as bosques. Although mesquite is the dominant plant in bosques, other desert plants such as palo-verde, prickly pear, and cholla cacti, and grasses, mix with the mesquite. Learn more...