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What's It Like Where You Live? Desert DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm
From Digital Water Ed Library (DWEL)
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This site provides excellent background information on deserts. Large print and superb pictures make this site very appealing to younger students. Topics include: What is a Desert Like?, Types of Deserts, What causes Deserts?, Deserts of the World, Desert Plants, Desert Animals, and links to other desert sites.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Primary (K-2)
  • Intermediate (3-5)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Tutorial
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Biology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental science
  • Hydrology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 2002, Missouri Botanical Garden
DLESE Catalog ID: DWEL-000-000-000-239
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • C - Life science:
        • Characteristics of organisms
        • Life cycles of organisms
        • Organisms and environments
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Gardens
http://www.mobot.org