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How Hot Is Hot In Namib?

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Students research and demonstrate the temperatures of the Namibian Desert. They watch and discuss a video, conduct an experiment to demonstrate the desert temperatures, record their results in the form of a graph, and compare/contrast the different temperatures.

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6th - 8th
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Science
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