Botany: Follow Up Work – Connect

Botanical Garden Virtual Fieldtrip

Sonoran Desert, Phoenix, Arizona

Laura Daleiden-Altmaier

EDU 652

Dr. Rhia Roberts

April 24, 2011

View this presentation and choose one of the three follow up activities to complete. Share them with your

classmates.Clips from that presentation are shown at the

top of some slides to refresh your memory.

After completing ALL of the activities on the Virtual Botany Field Trip Blog…

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Choose One of the following 3 choices…

Who am I cardsMapStory

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Student Follow Up Work

Create Who Am I Cards and give your classmates the lesson.

Choice 1

CREATE THE LESSONDescribe 5 photos or drawings of plants you found in your

neighborhood and share the drawing or photo, along with a description of the plant. You need to use encyclopedias, books, and the internet to find your information.

The following website is a great place to start.

http://www.desertmuseumdigitallibrary.org/public/species.php?c=plants

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CREATE THE MATERIAL

Type or write (neatly) the description on the bottom of cardstock. Cut these apart so you have a set of five descriptions (one for each plant you have researched.)

Type the name of the plant on another piece of card stock. This should be bigger and bolder than the definition.

ATTACH THE

PHOTOSAttach your photos or drawings to card stock (or, print them on card stock). Each photo or drawing will match up to one of the definitions. Be sure to write the correct plant name on the BACK of the definition card AND the photo/drawing card so your classmates can check their own work!

Put the work on the shelf for your friends to try!

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Student Follow Up Work

Create a map of the southwest and place photos of the plants where they are found.

Choice 2

CREATE THE LESSON

Research where the plants in the Botany Virtual Field Trip Presentation are found. You may need to do some research for this!

The following website is a great place to start.

http://www.desertmuseumdigitallibrary.org/public/species.php?c=plants

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CREATE THE MATERIAL

Trace the southwestern United States and Mexico by using the North America puzzle map. Using the photos from the Botany Field Trip presentation, print, cut out and place them on the map where they are found.

SHARE THE MATERIAL

Place your map on the wall for other children to view. Share your findings on circle.

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Where Desert Plants Can Be Found

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Student Follow Up Work

Write a story about the desert, the plants and animals that live here. Make sure to include facts about the animals and plants

from your virtual field trip.

Choice 3

Things to include

What is a desert?Name some plants that grow here.Name some animals that live here and their habitats.Why is there so little rain here?

Create a fun story, based on research, to read to the class!

Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum (2011) Education and online learning. Retrieved April 10, 2011 from

http://www.desertmuseum.org

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (2011) The University of Arizona. Retrieved April 11, 2011 from

http://www.ag.arizona.edu

Desert Botanical Garden (2010) Retrieved April 10, 2011 fromhttp://www.dbg.org

Photo credits:All photos taken by Laura Altmaier unless otherwise specified.

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