What Lives in a Desert?

【Big Question】

Q: What lives in a desert?

【Observation（观察）】

Q: What can you see in a desert?

A: On the ground in a desert, you might see snakes and lizards.

There are also rabbits, foxes, and camels in some deserts.

In the desert of Australia, you can find kangaroos!

Q: What are these?

A: These are cactus, they live in the desert.

Q: Can you describe deserts?

【Construct Hypothesis（做出猜想）】

Q: What can we learn from this graph?

A: It shows it rains more in the _________ than in the _________.

Q: Can you use a venn diagram to compare the forest and desert?

A: Forest is cool. Forest is easier to survive. Forest has lots of rain.

Desert is hot and dry. Desert has little rainfall. Desert is hard to survive.

Forest and desert both have animals and plants.

【Test the Hypothesis（通过科学阅读来找到答案）】

Q: Can you read the science book?

【Draw Conclusion（得出结论）】

Q: What lives in the forest?

A: _____________________________ live in the forest.

Q: What lives in the desert?

A: _____________________________ live in the desert.

1.复习上节课forest（森林）作为动物和植物的居住地的知识，学习栖息在沙漠中的动物和植物们；

2.了解沙漠如何为动物们创造一个怎样的生活环境，了解沙漠的特点和作用；

3.学习栖息在沙漠中的动物和植物，能够辨认沙漠，了解沙漠；

4.通过分组讨论人类生存在沙漠需要什么；

5.阅读小书Places to Live了解更多沙漠作为habitat栖息地的特点。

1. 根据文档和语音链接进行复习；

2.完成下发作业纸；