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Who Depends on the Saguaro?

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Young scientists design a picture of a saguaro cactus that shows the cactus and some of the animals and plants that interact with it. There are many of these special relationships between plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert. Your young scientists describe how these interactions are a benefit to the plants and animals that engage in them. Learners put on a class play about the saguaro cactus and its plant and animal "friends."

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Grade
Pre-K - 6th
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Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Project-Based Learning
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Year
2008

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