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Desert Ecosystems

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Introduce your class to the desert ecosystems using this colorful and informative presentation. This resource discusses desert plants and animals. It also identifies the deserts in the Southwest region of the United States. There are...
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Deserts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
What is it like in the desert? Inform your class on what makes a desert, the type of climate they'll find there, and the interesting plant and animals that live in the desert environment. This is a text-rich presentation that will...
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Desert Dwellers

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
What can a quarter possibly teach young learners about desert ecosystems? More than you might think. After displaying and discussing the included picture of the Arizona state quarter, the class participates in a series of shared reading...
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Word Search: Common Desert Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
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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Shadow Know-How: Desert Plants and animals

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this science instructional activity, students will identify 12 different desert plants and animals by the shape of their shadows. They are shown in their natural habitat.
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Desert Plant Adaptations in the Sonoran Desert

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to identify adaptations that plants have developed to deal with harsh desert conditions, as well as explain how these adaptations help to protect these plants.
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Desert Plants

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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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Living in the Desert

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Conduct an investigation on the plants used by the Hohokam tribe. To survive in the harsh desert environment the Hohokam used many natural resources. Learners read, research, map, and graph multiple aspects of Hohokam plant use as a...
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Endangered Species in the Sonoran Desert

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and explain some caused of endangerment and extinction for species as well as explain the effects of extinction on an ecosystem. Teachers use this lesson plan before teaching students about collecting insects or plants.
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Desert People and the Saguaro

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
The saguaro is the focus of an examination of the importance of this stately cactus to the indigenous people in the Sonoran Desert.
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Plant Diversity and Distribution

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners construct a defined plot on school grounds and observed patterns in plant life. They count trees, shrubs, cacti and record on a data sheet. They compare data and generate a plant diversity overlook for their school.
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Photosynthesis: Variations on the Theme

For Teachers 9th
Leaf structure and its specializations for photo-respiration are detailed here.  Slides provide information about Photo-respiration biochemistry and its impact.  A class learning about classic respiration will appreciate the comparisons...
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Investigate the Sonoran Desert

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read article in Chain Reaction about the Sonoran Desert and answer questions.
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Desert Views: First Impressions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are introduced to primary source material and the ways in which early travelers viewed aspects of the desert environment. The lesson addresses the geography themes of location, region, and human/environment interaction.
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Desert Plant Detectives

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine and categorize plants in their own schoolyard desert garden and then observe other plant areas of their schoolyard.
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Those Particular Plants in Particular Regions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, acting as a botanist, analyze information on different plants in different regions of California. They characterize each plant for each region and answer a variety of question for each plant while doing this study.
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What Lives in the Deserts?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this desert worksheet, students will investigate the factors that make a desert by completing four different desert fact questions.
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Desert Plants

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this desert worksheet, students research two plants from the desert to find special characteristics that allow them to live in such a dry climate. Students write a paragraph about each plant and draw a picture.
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Report on Desert Plant or Animal

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to desert plants and animals. They demonstrate that the name of an organism does not always match the object. Students perform a guided internet search in order to complete a report.
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LEAGUE: Into the Desert: Lesson 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the human and physical characteristics of desert regions. In this regions lesson, students describe deserts around the world, discuss animals, vegetation, water conservation, and how humans can care for the land.
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Word and Picture Matching: Cut and Paste

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this desert plants worksheet, learners cut out 6 pictures of common plants and trees. Students only paste those pictures of plants that are found in the desert on the page that says "desert plants".
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Our Desert Backyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make observations of their own backyard. In this environment lesson, students keep records of the plants and animals they see in their home or school yard. Students make notes of how the weather and environment changes over...
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Deserts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students do various activities to explain where the United States' desert region lies in relationship to the state in which they live, become familiar with plants and animals in the Sonoran desert, and make a story map of Roadrunner...
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Would You Like A Desert With That?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the four different deserts in the United States and their characteristics. They discuss the four different types of deserts in United States and their characteristics, and locate them on a map.

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