Deserts Aren't Dead

Sing a Song

Have kids make up and perform their own songs about the desert. Encourage creativity! Bring out craft supplies so kids can make props, such as drawings, figures, or puppets of some of the desert plants and animals they have learned about. Then, have kids make up and perform songs about your neighborhood.

Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas

• LS1.A: Structure and Function
• LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
• LS4.C: Adaptation

Science and Engineering Practices

• Asking Questions and Defining Problems
• Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts

• Patterns
• Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Prediction
• Systems and System Models