Desert Research

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 in flickr  ARIZONA HIGH DESERT PLATEAU

Today in class we will be using the internet to read for information.  The first thing we will read is a page about the Sonoran Desert (click on the words Sonoran Desert to go to that page).

After reading that article for some background information you are going to research a desert animal and a desert plant.

This are the links for the desert animals.
The Southern Pacific Rattlesnake 
The Desert Tortoise
The Cactus Wren
The Jack Rabbit

This are the links for desert plants.
Desert Paintbrush
The Mojave Monkey Flower
The Ocotillo
The Organ Pipe Cactus

You will click each link and fill out your data collection sheet on the animal and plant you choose.

You will be researching by READING, so please don't watch the videos.  We are practicing getting information from written texts today.

Definitions to keep in mind:

•  Range is the geographic region where a plant or animal lives, such as “arid regions of the North American southwest” (any plant or animal you choose to write about must live in the range of the Sonoran Desert.) 
• Habitat is the kind of area where it lives, such as “sandy and rocky soils in desert locations.”