Discovering Deserts
 The National Wildlife Federation

ISBN: 0070471002,
Division: Professional,
Price: £7.99,
Pub Date: MAY-98,

Pages: 96
Edition: 01
Format: SOFT BACK

Availability: This title is currently on order

Description

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.
Author Biography

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    Table of Contents

    What Makes a Desert a Desert? Plants of the Desert. Animals of the Desert. Desert Communities. People and Deserts. Crafty Corner. Appendices: A: A Home Called Joshua. Life in Joshua Tree. Desert Duet. Going, Going. Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away. Fossil Find. Camel Rhebus, Camel Rama. The Night of the Hunter.



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