Discovering Deserts (Ranger Rick's NatureScope) [Paperback]

The National Wildlife Federation (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Ranger Rick's NatureScope

Learn about life in a Joshua tree, compare the Sonoran and Sahara deserts by creating dioramas, make a desert rain wheel, locate fossils in the gobi desert, and create a field guide of desert predators. These new activities and more pack this new edition with hands-on learning about one of the world's most amazing habitats.

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From the Back Cover

Ranger Rick's NatureScope is a creative, activities-centered education series dedicated to inspiring in children an understanding and appreciation of the natural world, while developing the skills they will need to make responsible decisions about the environment. Teachers, parents, scout leaders, camp counselors, and anyone else committed to sharing nature with kids will want to collect all the volumes of these award-winning nature guides, filled with kid-pleasing indoor and outdoor activities. Each book includes: reproducible "Copycat Pages," with games, puzzles, pictures to color, and more; ready-to-use activities, including arts and crafts, creative writing, science experiments, songs, games, and curriculum tie-ins...with complete materials lists and step-by-step instructions; essays and case studies from leading scientists for group disucssion; expanded glossaries and bibliographies. Make a giant cactus, and other friendly ways to learn about the desert. The beauty of deserts is known to many kids only through movies and TV. But the awesome look of deserts is just part of their story. Deserts are vast ecosyustems representing triumphs of animal and plant survival: hummingbirds and elf owls, scarab beetles and barbary sheep, the piglike javalina, and the many cactuses that preserve themselves by acting as fine-tuned moisture-catching systems. This learning sourcebook gives kids everywhere an activities-oriented, scientific approach to studying the earth's deserts. It also takes them on a discovery sidetrip into the intriguing human communities that have survived desert environments for centuries.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070471002
• ISBN-13: 978-0070471009
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,943,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Discovering Deserts, January 16, 2006

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C. Wang (Wood Dale, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovering Deserts (Ranger Rick's NatureScope) (Paperback)

I am a high school special education teacher for developmentally delayed students. We did a unit on deserts. This book help me organize/develop age-appropriate lessons and worksheets for the students. The pictures/illustrations were helpful also.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Resource, July 26, 2003

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This review is from: Discovering Deserts (Ranger Rick's NatureScope) (Paperback)

This is a great book for teachers who will have to teach anything science related. Every book put out by the National Wildlife Federation is great.

There are lessons that provide art and craft ideas to help bring home the lesson that you are trying to teach. There are recipes for clay and food that you can use to help teach about deserts. There are facts to share and bulliton board ideas and more. There are copy sheets for worksheets and more.

The directions are clear. The books are easy to read and fit a large amount of information provided in a format that makes it easy to find when you are looking for something in particular.

Enjoy.