Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans

Adaptations

Animal Adaptations to the Desert – Reptiles

Animal Adaptations to the Desert – Insects

Resource Allocation by Plants of the Sonoran Desert

Roots of Desert Plants

Leaf Transpiration

Leaf Orientation

Plant Adaptation to the Desert

Physical Factors

Soil Characteristics

Abiotic Compontents of a Freshwater System

Decomposition

Biodiversity

Aquatic Insect Diversity

Insect Diversity

Links

Arboretum at Flagstaff

Arizona Science Center

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

Desert Botanical Garden

Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant

Environmental Education Exchange

Maricopa Audubon Society

Water Resources Research Center

The Electronic Naturalist

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education

Exploring the Environment

National Science Teachers Association

Science a Go Go

Ask a Biologist

The Biology Project

National Wildlife Federation

Learner Online Exhibits Collection

USGS Education and Outreach

Give Water a Hand

Cornell University’s Composting in Schools

EPA’s Recycle City

The Imagination Factory

Environmental Explorers’ Club

Backyard Nature

Botany Games & Resources for Kids

Resource Acquisition

Attract a Fish Activity

Factors that Attract Hummingbirds

Isopod Behavior

Tutorials and Information

The Inquiry Process

Scientific Method

Basic Statistics

Data Presentation

Ecology Definitions

Basic Field Equipment and Techniques

Desert Patterns

Herbivory

Predation of Seeds by Ants

Competition

Plant Competition

Community Development

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School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-6106

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