Teacher Resources
Lesson Plans
Adaptations
- Animal Adaptations to the Desert – Reptiles
- Animal Adaptations to the Desert – Insects
- Resource Allocation by Plants of the Sonoran Desert
- Roots of Desert Plants
- Leaf Transpiration
- Leaf Orientation
- Plant Adaptation to the Desert
Physical Factors
Decomposition
Biodiversity
Herbivory
Competition
Resource Acquisition
Tutorials and Information
- The Inquiry Process
- Scientific Method
- Basic Statistics
- Data Presentation
- Ecology Definitions
- Basic Field Equipment and Techniques
- Desert Patterns
Links
- Arboretum at Flagstaff
- Arizona Science Center
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum
- Desert Botanical Garden
- Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant
- Environmental Education Exchange
- Maricopa Audubon Society
- Phoenix Zoo
- Water Resources Research Center
- The Electronic Naturalist
- EE-Link
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
- ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education
- Globe Program
- Exploring the Environment
- National Science Teachers Association
- Science a Go Go
- Ask a Biologist
- The Biology Project
- National Wildlife Federation
- Planet Diary
- Learner Online Exhibits Collection
- USGS Education and Outreach
- Give Water a Hand
- Cornell University’s Composting in Schools
- EPA’s Recycle City
- The Imagination Factory
- Environmental Explorers’ Club
- Backyard Nature
- Botany Games & Resources for Kids
- Glossary of Botanical Terms
Contact Information
Dr. Nathan Newman
Nathan.Newman@asu.edu
School for Engineering of
Matter, Transport & Energy
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-6106
Phone: 480.363.4940
Fax: 480.727.9321