"Color photos and simple text describe animals and their adaptations to a desert habitat"--Provided by publisher.
the greener “thorn scrub” habitats. Thorn scrub habitat consists of scrubs and short trees (10–20 feet tall), and it is denser and taller than desert habitat. Cereus can be located in the desert under nurse plants, such as creosote bush ...
Barren land, little rainfall, and deadly temperatures are well-known features of deserts.
"Text and photographs introduce the desert biome, describing its environment, plants, and animals such as camels, lizards, and snakes."
How do animals stay cool in the desert? Why are deserts getting bigger? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.
materials: R: My Desert Animal (page 28), books, stories about desert animals, T(C) and T(D), construction paper, scissors, tape, crayons, colored markers, and other art materials ... A pet store can give you the information you need.
Over 40 illustrations: Gila monster, kit fox, prairie dog, other animals; also plants: cactus, rice grass, saltbush, many more.
Barren land, little rainfall, and deadly temperatures are well-known features of deserts.
Learn 20 new science words about life in the desert.
A collection of one hundred and one questions about life in the desert.
Provides background information, color transparencies, reproducible pages and integrated activities which involve observing, classifying, measuring, recording, predicting, writing, constructing, comparing, contrasting, describing, ...