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Curated OER

If It Smells Good, Is Edible, and Attracts Wildlife, Then It's a Practical Garden

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore landscape design. In this practical gardening lesson, students design landscape plans that call for shrubs, trees, and plants that can be used for aesthetics, cooking, and wildlife.
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Curated OER

A Long Winter's Nap

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the process of estivation, hibernation and torpor and the ways that frogs adapt to seasonal weather changes.
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Curated OER

California Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine several maps of California exhibiting features such as precipitation, topography, and vegetation. They look for patterns that might be the source of or influence biodiversity in different regions. They pay particular...
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Curated OER

Google Earth on the Range

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use Google Earth to study the landscape of Utah. In this Utah landscape lesson, 8th graders view landscape photos and work in partners to analyze the pictures. Students write a paragraph that describes the landscape and...
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Curated OER

Hide & Seek Butterflies

For Teachers K
Students examine a variety of butterflies and discuss how they believe they get their color variations. In groups, they brainstorm the advantages and disadvantages of their color schemes. To end the lesson, they watch butterflies in...
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Curated OER

Grounded for Life

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with the lives of penguins including their life cycles, habitats and basic needs. Students will experience the lives of penguins through stories and video.
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Curated OER

Biodiversity Bird Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the influence of biodiversity on human culture through the use of birds. They brainstorm words that come to mind when they think of human cultures. They describe ways that human culture and biodiversity are linked.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Desert

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students will enjoy a general description of a desert habitat, an easy-to-understand chart of the largest deserts in the world, and brightly colored pictures and descriptions of desert animals complete with printouts. There is also a...
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Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Bactrian Camel

For Students 3rd - 8th
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!
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Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Arches National Park: Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A resource where you'll learn about amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. A good look at how animals live, sleep, eat, and stay active in a desert habitat.
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Desert Scrub Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the desert scrub ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Handout
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Deserts

For Students 3rd - 5th
An overview of the climate conditions of deserts. Includes examples of plants and the adaptations that allow them to survive in the dry climate. Includes a link to information about animals that live in a desert habitat.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: The Special Nature of Arid Landscapes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to make the most of a desert environment in order to foster a wide array of species diversity.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Desert Tortoise

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on the desert tortoise including details about its habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Desert Elephants

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Nature, observe elephants trek across the desert to an isolated waterhole. [4:13]
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Desert

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the desert.
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Website
Other

Greatest Places: Namib

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the Namib Desert and learn about its location, the Skeleton Coast, mirages, and general information about this home to the highest sand dunes in the world.
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Desert Tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the world of the Desert Tortoise and discover information on the physical characteristics, habitat, and breeding of this desert reptile. Includes images and statistics.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Feed the Dingo

For Students 3rd - 6th
Help build the Australian desert ecosystem by filling it with appropriate plants and animals.
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Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Peromyscus Eremicus (Cactus Mouse)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Animal Diversity Web describes the natural history of the cactus mouse, including its geographical range, physical characteristics, natural habitat, reproduction, and behavior.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Nature Critter Guide: Llama

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about llamas when you check out this resource. This site features a clear and concise picture of how these fascinating mammals live and what purpose they serve to other animals and humans.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sonoran Desert

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction/review of the climate, the plant life and the animals of the Sonoran Desert. Students will use Activotes, the eraser tool and the pen tool to answer questions about how...
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Caracal

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian National Zoo offers a fact sheet on the Caracal. Content includes a look at the caracal's home range, habitat, diet, reproduction, social structure, and life span.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Caracal

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on caracals including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.

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