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1. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Starter Glue this into your book & label it to show danger in a desert. Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

2. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

3. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Die of thirst Could get lost Heat in the day Flash floods Local nomads Die of hunger Cold in the night Poisonous plants Dangerous animals Sinking sand Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

4. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. AIMS Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to live within desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to live within desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Decide whether you would like to live in a desert environment. Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

5. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. • There are 3 main ways that desert plants have adapted to arid climates. They are: • Succulence: capture water and store it in their leaves, stems or roots. • Drought tolerant plants: have strategies that help them tolerate drought • Drought avoiding plants: only ‘live’ when there is water available. When it is dry they lie dormant. http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=17157&CategoryID=2307 Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

6. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Succulence Succulent plants store water in their fleshy leaves, stems or roots. Desert rains are short and infrequent, so water must be captured and stored. TASK 1: draw this succulent plant and label it using the labels below. Shallow root systems Waxy stems and leaves Growth stops during drought Toxic spines http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=17157&CategoryID=2307 Extension – Explain each label above Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

7. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Drought Tolerance This means having mechanisms to help to survive drought. TASK 2: draw this drought tolerant plant and label it using the labels below. During drought, plant sheds leaves Waxy leaves Deep roots Extension – Explain each label above. How might this plant be helpful for desert animals? Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

8. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Drought Avoidance These plants only survive one season to avoid drought completely. TASK 3: draw this drought avoidance plant and label it using the labels below. Seeds fall and last for years. The seedlings can survive very cold or dry conditions. The plant dies after a season. Extension – Explain each label above. Use your climate graph from last lesson to work out when these plants germinate. Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

9. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. 1. List four points shown on the sketch which describe the climate. 2. Name two types of plants that grow in the hot desert. 3. Explain 3 ways that these plants can survive in a climate short of water. Arid adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

10. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. AIMS Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to live within desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to live within desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Decide whether you would like to live in a desert environment. Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

11. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Animal Adaptation Watch this video and try to label the parts of the camel. Adaptation – changes in the body to fit a location! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boo1nSo73Gs&feature=related Extension – How does the camel use the plants in the desert? Now draw a snake. How do you think a snake has adapted to life in the desert? Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

12. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

13. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. TASK: As you watch the clip, write down the dangers faced in the desert and ways to survive them. 12.38 Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

14. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. AIMS Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to live within desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to live within desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. Decide whether you would like to live in a desert environment. Arid, adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words:

15. How do plants and animals survive harsh desert conditions? Our learning question: Must: describe how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Should: explain how plants, animals & people have adapted to desert environments Could: show how desert plants/animals/people interact. Link the above to climate graph. PLENARY: http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=260777 Arid adaptation, drought, succulent, drought tolerant, drought avoiding. Key Words: