Mini Desert Research Project

This week we will begin researching desert ecosystems. 

The kids will be researching..

What is it like in a desert ecosystem? (Thinking about the climate at night vs during the day, cold deserts?)

Animals of the desert

The third sub-heading I want them to research is totally up to them. What interests them about the desert?

Resources

Eyewitness Video--Deserts Seen in class, students took notes

Desert animals

http://www.desertanimals.net/

Deserts

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/whatis.htm

Biome life deserts

http://staff.concord.org/~btinker/GL/web/exploring_life/ecosystems/desert.htm

Desert USA--Desert Life
http://www.desertusa.com/life.html

Desert Wikipedias Site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert

Enchanted Learning Deserts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/desert/desert.shtml

Desert Slideshow
http://www.slideshare.net/Michellesoto/3rd-grade-ecosystem

National Geographic Site on Deserts
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/desert-profile/

The Sonoran Desert, Arizona Upland
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_ecosystems/desert.html

Desert Food Chain
http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/desert/hot-desert-chain.html

Animals of the Desert--great pictures not much info
http://mlbean.byu.edu/Portals/26/docs/Desert%20Adaptations.pdf

People living in the Desert

https://sites.google.com/site/geographysaharadesert/how-people-ive-in-the-sahara-desert
and
http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/desert/people.htm

Death Valley
1) http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/death-valley-national-park/

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley

Plants of the Desert
1) http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_plant_page.htm

2)