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Desert Animal Sorting

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
What makes certain animals better suited for desert life than others? Explore the differences between desert and non-desert animals with this picture sorting activity. Be sure to print the worksheet in color so students can observe and...
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Animals of the Desert: Research

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this desert animals research learning exercise, learners prepare to write a report on a desert animal. Students read the list of animals, choose one and do the research to answer 8 questions about this animal.
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Desert Animal Cards

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this desert animals vocabulary worksheet, students see and study 28 cards containing a name of a desert animal. There are no directions.
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Desert Creepy Crawlies- Research Skills

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this science worksheet, students research information about 4 desert animals and write facts on the lines. Students write information about the Hercules Beetle, Harvester Ants, Giant Red Velvet Mites and Yucca Moths.
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Common Desert Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students find the names of 20 common desert animals in a word search puzzle. The word bank has detailed color drawings of each desert animal.
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Funny-Sounding Desert Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science learning exercise, students find the names of 20 desert animals that have funny and interesting names in a word search puzzle. The word bank has detailed color drawings of each desert animal.
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What Lives in the Deserts?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this desert worksheet, students will investigate the factors that make a desert by completing four different desert fact questions.
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Desert Discoveries

Sonoran Desert Predators and Prey

For Teachers 3rd
Here is a fabulous lesson the animals found in the Sonoran Desert. Learners classify these animals as predators, prey, or both! They take a look at the many adaptations that these animals utilize to help them find food, and avoid...
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The Sonoran Desert

For Teachers 3rd
Elementary schoolers study the geographic location of the Sonoran Desert. They pay close attention to the characteristics of the plants and animals found in this desert environment. The student handouts embedded in this plan are...
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Quiz: Animals of the Desert

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz about desert animals. The answers are provided with explanations upside down on the page.
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Desert Adaptations

For Students 5th - 10th
In this desert adaptations worksheet, students are given a water filled sponge which represents an animal. Students observe their "animal" for a 24 hour period and conserve the water in the sponge as best they can. They measure and...
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Outside Animals Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 6th
For this outside animals worksheet, students explore all the possible animals that live outside in the wilderness and their habitats and then find the answers to fifty questions associated with those animals in a crossword puzzle.
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Nocturnal Animals Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd
In this science cloze activity, 3rd graders fill in the 9 blanks in a selection about nocturnal animals. They use the words from a word bank at the bottom of the page to complete the paragraph. They cut out pictures of nocturnal animals...
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Organizer
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Research: Habitats in the Chihuahuan Desert

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this desert habitat worksheet, students follow the links to research information about the Chihuahua desert. Students fill out the graphic organizer with facts about the habitat, animals and plants of this region.
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Sonoran Desert

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this Sonoran Desert worksheet, students read and analyze a letter that Jeremy wrote to his grandmother and then complete the picture that follows using information about the desert they learned from the letter.
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Organizer
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Fitting In-Animals' Adaptations to Their Environment

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this animals' adaptation to their environment worksheet, students read for comprehension and ability to apply knowledge. In this T-Chart and creative activities worksheet, students answer three questions.
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Shadow Know-How: Desert Plants and animals

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this science worksheet, learners will identify 12 different desert plants and animals by the shape of their shadows. They are shown in their natural habitat.
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Nocturnal Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this animal learning exercise, students complete a cloze activity about nocturnal animals by filling in the blanks in 2 paragraphs using 9 words from a word bank. They color and cut out 13 small pictures of nocturnal animals and paste...
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Note-Taking Handout 1: Sahara Desert

For Students 7th - 9th
In this research skills activity, students collect information about the desert regions, savanna regions, and rainforest regions of Africa and then respond to 7 questions about each of the regions. Students then compare the regions using...
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Desert Similes Bulleting Board Cards

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and geography learning exercise, learners write their favorite similes about the desert on the given cards. They color the desert pictures that will be displayed on a bulletin board.
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Animals: Spelling activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this animals worksheet, students label animal pictures, watch a video, unscramble animal words, and write animals according to their description. Students complete 4 activities.
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Animals in Danger

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this animals in danger worksheet, students read about animals in danger, choose the correct environment, answer multiple choice questions, match what the animals do, and more. Students complete 6 activities total.
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ESL "What?" Quiz-Animals

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL quiz worksheet, students answer a set of "what" questions about animals that are described. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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Whose Home Is This?

For Students 5th
After reading a short and informative paragraph on animals and their environments, learners look at pictures of four animals, and write a short description of how each one has adapted to its environment. A suggested activity is that each...

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