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Habitats
In this habitats worksheet, students view and discuss four slides with four different habitats found in the rain forest, desert, ocean/coral reef and in the Savannah/grasslands. Students color each slide with vibrant colors.
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Desert Poetry
For this desert poetry worksheet, students use the letters in DESERT to begin each line of an acrostic poem about the desert. Students cut out the poem, mount it on colored paper and design a border.
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Desert Report
In this desert report learning exercise, students research a desert in the United States and one in another part of the world. Students use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two deserts.
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Desert Word Unscramble
In this language arts and science worksheet, students analyze 10 scrambled words that pertain to the desert. Students unscramble the words, then pick four words and write a sentence for each.
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Desert Creepy Crawlies- Research Skills
In 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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Word Search: Common Desert Plants
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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Desert Plants
In this desert plants worksheet, students read five passages about desert plants and answer the five comprehension questions that follow each one.
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Exploring Biomes
In this biomes activity, students visit the Science Spot website at http://sciencespot.net and use additional links provided to complete a chart about the various biomes.
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Survival of the Spiniest
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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World Deserts
In this social studies activity, learners match the 23 deserts by filling in the blank with the correct continent for the location. The desert and the continent need to correlate to be the right answer.
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Africa Puzzle
In this geography instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle about Africa. They identify the capitals of various countries located in Africa, the most fertile area, the largest desert, and the longest river. There are...
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Desert Animal Cards
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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What's That? A Habitat!
Students identify and define what oceans, deserts, woodlands, and cold places are. Then they identify animals that live in different habitats by playing a hands-on sorting activity. Students also research various web sites as instructed...
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Mini-Ecosystems
Third graders identify the living and non living things in a book read aloud and discuss the interactions represented in the book. Then, they research and include a list of food that each animal needs in an ecosystem. Finally, 3rd...
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Desert Animals
First graders investigate and identify a variety of animals that live in the desert. They complete a class KWL chart, then listen to the book Way Out in the Desert. Next, 1st graders observe a presentation of live desert animals, and...
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Desert Biome
Students examine the vocabulary of desert animals and observe pictures of the animals as they name them. As a class, students compare and contrast the characteristics of desert animals. Using a specified website, students match...
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Deserts Around the World
Second graders explore the deserts around the world. They use a map and locate America on the map. Students discuss and identify the characteristics of deserts and differentiate the meanings of the word desert and dessert. Students...
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The Desert Alphabet Book
Students use a book to discover an interesting fact from the desert using each letter of the alphabet. Using a United States map, they identify the meanings of symbols and locate deserts within the U.S. In groups, they participate in...
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Animal Adaption to Environment
Students explore the concept of adaptation as a means of surviving in varied environments. They discuss human adaptations and then view slideshows and video that present animal adaptations in the following environments: cold regions,...
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A Virtual Museum of the Mojave Desert
Students study deserts and the plants, animals, and people who inhabit them. In groups, they create their own stories about the inhabitants of the Mojave desert.
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Force of Habitat
Students examine the Nevada state quarter and discuss the Great Basin and the desert habitat. They draw a desert animal and write a sentence about its attributes and how they help the animal to survive in its habitat.
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Habitats: Oceans & Deserts
Learners perform a variety of lessons to explore deserts and oceans.
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Desert Water Keepers
Third graders identify ways that cactus plants survive in the desert. They distinguish between water acquisition and water conservation and create their own plant that could survive in a desert climate.
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Life in Sahara
Students explore the geography of the Sahara region of Africa and identify characteristics of a desert habitat. They explore the culture of the people living there and how it has adapted to desert life.