Desert dwellers

Year level: Middle primary/Upper primary Learning outcome Students will compare flora, fauna, people and ways of life in deserts in different parts of the world. Create a web map of words to describe deserts. View photographs and videos and read descriptions of deserts. Add any new information to your mind map. Examine maps to locate the major deserts of the world. Add any new information to your web map. Select one of the world's deserts and research how plants, animals and people live there. You might do this in a small group. Some questions to help you get started: Where is the desert? What are the main features of this desert? Who and what live in this desert? How have they adapted to life in this desert? What threats do these desert dwellers face? Present this information in an interesting manner, for example: an imaginary conversation between some desert dwellers, a mural, a soundscape. Discuss What features of plants, animals and people help them survive in the desert? What would happen to these plants, animals and people if their environment changed? Assessment task Create a labelled visual representation (photo collage or model) demonstrating knowledge of deserts, and how plants, animals and people have adapted to living in them.

	Deserts: Overview
	Risk of Human-Induced Desertification Map
	Global Desertification Vulnerability Map
	Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park