Curated OER
Three Mapping Activities
Students label three maps of China after being introduced to background information about the country. In this geography lesson, students color two maps and label various points of interest in China. Finally, students draw their own...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Going Gobi: Hunting for Fossils
Travel through the Gobi Desert with two paleontologists, and discover ancient fossils of creatures from long ago.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Bactrian Camel
Great site for youngers researching the Bactrian camel. Video clip, photos, and easy to read facts about habitat, young, enemies, food, adaptation to environment, and humps!
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: Bactrian Camel
Get the facts about the Bactrian Camel. Information includes where it lives in the wild, its niche environment, what its diet consists of, what it looks like as well as its reproduction habits.
Other
Virtual Exploration Society: Roy Chapman Andrews
Read about a real life Indiana Jones. Roy Andrews was a paleontologist who discovered fossils from the Cretaceous period in the middle of the Gobi Desert.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Gobi Expeditions O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Gobi Expeditions. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this expedition where paleontologists and scientists gather to collect Cretaceous...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Face to Fossil: Protoceratops
Questions and answers about Protoceratops andrewsi, presented as an "interview" with a museum's fossil. Learn about the dinosaur, the age of the fossil, and how the museum had it transported.
Other
Ancient Mysteries: Gobi Desert Mysteries
This site details information about the mysteries of the Gobi Desert, an area actually comprised more of mountains than desert. This site has a map of the Gobi area, photos of the Gobi, as well as links to information about ancient...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: World Deserts
Learn about the geography of the world's deserts such as the Sahara, Arabian, Gobi, and Mohave on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Bactrian Camel
Kids learn about the Bactrian Camel. Animals that can survive the tough desert without water or food are now endangered.