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3rd - 8th
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Desert Field Trip

Curated by ACT

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

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Concepts

desert biome, desert ecosystems

Additional Tags

arroyo, desert characteristics, desert climate, desert terminology, horned rattlesnake, saguaro cactus, sidewinder, african deserts, arizona-sonora desert, australian desert, bedouin, chihuahuan desert, death valley, kalahari, namib desert, sahara, sonoran desert, desert, desert faq, plants of the sahara

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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