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Shadow Know-How: Desert Plants and animals
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.
Desert Discoveries
The Sonoran Desert
Elementary schoolers study the geographic location of the Sonoran Desert. They pay close attention to the characteristics of the plants and animals found in this desert environment. The student handouts embedded in this plan are...
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What Lives in the Deserts?
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 Adaptations
In this desert adaptations worksheet, students are given a water filled sponge which represents an animal. Students observe their "animal" for a 24 hour period and conserve the water in the sponge as best they can. They measure and...
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Sonoran Desert
In this Sonoran Desert worksheet, students read and analyze a letter that Jeremy wrote to his grandmother and then complete the picture that follows using information about the desert they learned from the letter.
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Research: Habitats in the Chihuahuan Desert
For this desert habitat worksheet, students follow the links to research information about the Chihuahua desert. Students fill out the graphic organizer with facts about the habitat, animals and plants of this region.
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Fitting In-Animals' Adaptations to Their Environment
In this animals' adaptation to their environment worksheet, learners read for comprehension and ability to apply knowledge. In this T-Chart and creative activities worksheet, students answer three questions.
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Survival of the Spiniest
In this earth science instructional activity, 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...
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Note-Taking Handout 1: Sahara Desert
For this research skills worksheet, learners collect information about the desert regions, savanna regions, and rainforest regions of Africa and then respond to 7 questions about each of the regions. Students then compare the regions...
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Deserts Puzzle
In this geography worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle referring all to deserts. They identify the various types of desert land and what plants and animals can survive in these lands. Also, students identify the people who...
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Animals in Danger
In this animals in danger worksheet, students read about animals in danger, choose the correct environment, answer multiple choice questions, match what the animals do, and more. Students complete 6 activities total.
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Whose Home Is This?
After reading a short and informative paragraph on animals and their environments, learners look at pictures of four animals, and write a short description of how each one has adapted to its environment. A suggested activity is that each...
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Deserts Crossword
In this geography crossword puzzle, students answer twenty-one questions about deserts. Among the topics are plants, animals, and terrain.
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Biomes of the World
In this biomes worksheet, students read an article on biomes and answer 10 multiple choice, short answer or true and false questions relating to biomes.
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Biomes Internet Lesson
In this biomes worksheet, students use an on line source to complete a table of the Earth's biomes. Students include the types of plants in each biome, the types of animals, the climate and any details about the biomes. Students answer...
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3rd grade life science
In this life science worksheet, 3rd graders answer multiple choice questions about plants, birds, habitats, and more. Students complete 20 questions.
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Biome Detective Sheet
For this biomes worksheet, students research the plant and animal life found in different habitats. This worksheet has 38 short answer questions.
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Animal Habitats
In this habitat activity, 3rd graders will focus on the four different habitats of plants and animals. Students will receive color photographs of the rainforest, desert, coral reef, and grasslands.
K5 Learning
Landforms
Valleys, mountains, and plateaus are just a few geographic landforms on our Earth. Read about these types and more in a brief landform passage. After reading, learners respond to six short answer comprehension questions.
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The right place to live
How do various plants survive in different environments? They adapt! Kids determine which plant traits make them perfect for their specific environment. They consider three plants and can even complete a plant experiment. Note: Intended...
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What is Drought? No Rain, No Water
How can climate change affect our water supply? Have kids read a passage about the water cycle and water conservation, which includes six questions that challenge them to use context clues.
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Punctuating Sentences
In this grammar learning exercise, students read and punctuate correctly ten sentences associated with a strange desert plant. Students share their findings with their classmates.
K12 Reader
The Grand Canyon
After reading s short description of the Grand Canyon, readers demonstrate their ability to use context to determine the meaning of words in the passage.
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Geography Vocabulary
In this identifying geographic terms and their definitions online interactive worksheet, students match the vocabulary words with their definitions. Students match 24 answers.