Name: "Desert Plants" Science Literacy Grades 5, 6
SKU: 2583
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“Desert Plants” Science Literacy Grades 5, 6

$3.00

Desert Plants is a 5-page unit of work with sketches and literacy tasks. There is an Enquiry task at the end.

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Desert Plants

Desert Plants is a 5-page science and literacy lesson pack. Characteristics of hot and cold deserts and how plants have adapted.

Includes **water supply to plants, **main adaptations made by arid vegetation. **3 pages of reading and labelled sketches, **match the meaning activity, and an **enquiry task.

Some Links: “Mammalia” Science Grade 5-7, “Emu” Science Literacy Grade 5-7, “Water – Aquatic Biomes” Science Grade 5-6, “Phrases and Present Participle” English Grade 5-6, “Tropical Rainforest Biome” Grade 5, 6, Science in Time-Short Classrooms, Post.

Link for two good diagrams, showing how the cactus and the camel have adapted. The language level is too high but the diagrams are great discussion points. http://geojam.weebly.com/forest-and-desert-biomes.html

Fair use/dealing claimed on any illustrations.