Botany: Follow Up Work – Connect Botanical Garden Virtual Fieldtrip Sonoran Desert, Phoenix, Arizona Laura Daleiden-Altmaier EDU 652 Dr. Rhia Roberts
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!
This movie will help you know how to present your new material!
BOTANY VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP
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
BOTANY VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP
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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