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Word Search: Common Desert Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students locate the names of 15 desert plants in a word search puzzle. The word bank has a realistic, detailed color picture for each plant name.
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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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Desert Plants

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this desert plants worksheet, learners read five passages about desert plants and answer the five comprehension questions that follow each one.
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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 Plants

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this desert worksheet, students research two plants from the desert to find special characteristics that allow them to live in such a dry climate. Students write a paragraph about each plant and draw a picture.
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Word and Picture Matching: Cut and Paste

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this desert plants worksheet, students cut out 6 pictures of common plants and trees. Students only paste those pictures of plants that are found in the desert on the page that says "desert plants".
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Desert Discoveries

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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Deadly Deserts

For Students 5th - 7th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a passage regarding different deserts and answer 10 questions. The questions are a mix of true/false, short answer, and matching.
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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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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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Survival of the Spiniest

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this earth science worksheet, students identify and discover the amazing ways that desert plants adapt to harsh habitats. They use discussion and drawing to explore their existing knowledge about deserts. Then, students respond to 15...
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Desert Similes

For Students 4th - 5th
For this desert similes fill-in-the blank worksheet, students read the definition of a simile at the top of the page. They write 10 similes using desert words that are shown in a box at the top of the page. They draw a picture of one of...
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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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Deserts Crossword

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geography crossword puzzle, students answer twenty-one questions about deserts. Among the topics are plants, animals, and terrain.
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Deserts Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this geography worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle referring all to deserts. They identify the various types of desert land and what plants and animals can survive in these lands. Also, students identify the people who...
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Biomes of the World

For Students 4th - 5th
In this biomes worksheet, learners read an article on biomes and answer 10 multiple choice, short answer or true and false questions relating to biomes.
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Biomes Internet Lesson

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this biomes worksheet, students use an on line source to complete a table of the Earth's biomes. Students include the types of plants in each biome, the types of animals, the climate and any details about the biomes. Students answer...
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3rd grade life science

For Teachers 3rd
In this life science learning exercise, 3rd graders answer multiple choice questions about plants, birds, habitats, and more. Students complete 20 questions.
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Plant Poetry

For Students 2nd - 6th
For this poetry worksheet, students complete a poem about plants and insert the right wording to each line. Students complete 10 lines of the poem with specific directions.
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The right place to live

For Students 2nd - 5th
How do various plants survive in different environments? They adapt! Kids determine which plant traits make them perfect for their specific environment. They consider three plants and can even complete a plant experiment. Note: Intended...
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Climate Types

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather worksheet, students identify the type of vegetation found in particular regions across the United States. Then they list the six groups of climates in the Köppen Classification System. Students also describe the...
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What is a Plant?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this plant characteristics worksheet, students will read a paragraph about plants and then use the information found in that paragraph to complete 3 short answer questions about plant adaptations.
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Landforms

For Students 3rd Standards
Valleys, mountains, and plateaus are just a few geographic landforms on our Earth. Read about these types and more in a brief landform passage. After reading, learners respond to six short answer comprehension questions.

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