I Am A Desert

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I Am A Desert

• In this project, students will be able to
• Identify characteristics of a desert
• State the effects of deserts on the development
  of cultures
• Write a monologue as a desert explaining the
  characteristics and effects of deserts

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A desert is a region that is arid. It experiences
little rainfall. It has sparse vegetation.
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A desert may be hot or cold. A desert may have
vast regions of sand or rocks.
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However, deserts are always dry or arid.
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Lets learn more about deserts Visit the
following website http//pubs.usgs.gov/gip/desert
s/what/ Read the passage and take notes!
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Lets visit another website http//www.blueplane
tbiomes.org/desert.htm Answer the following
questions 1. What is the difference between a
hot and cold desert? 2. What percentage of the
worlds surface is desert? 3. What do all
deserts have in common?
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• At this website, we will find information
• concerning two important deserts in
• Africa the Sahara desert and the Kalahari
  desert.
• http//www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum20Info/afri
  ca/desert.htm
• Answer the following questions
• State three facts about the Sahara
• desert.
• 2. State three facts about the Kalahari
• desert.

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Nomads frequently live in deserts. People living
in deserts must move in search of water.
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Lets Learn More About the People Living in
Deserts! http//www.geographia.com/egypt/sinai/b
edouin02.htm Read the passage and write
five facts about Bedouin culture.
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It is difficult to farm in a desert because a
desert is arid.
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Deserts cover one-fifth of the Earths surface
and occur when rainfall is less than 25
centimeters a year.
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Now Its Your Turn!

• After researching information on deserts and the
  cultures that have developed in deserts, it is
  time to write your monologue as a desert.
• I am a desert. I am arid.
• I am dry.

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Scarcity of water
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Nomads in an arid land