Desert Webquest

Most desert animals are nocturnal or active at night when the temperature is cooler. Some desert animals are diurnal or active during the day. Desert animals have adapted to life in the deserts. Adaptations are characteristics that plants and animals have that help them to survive or changes a plant or animal makes to fit new conditions or new environments.

In this WebQuest you will learn how these desert animals survive in the desert.

You will research an animal and discover:

  • the class or group it belongs to

  • the covering on its body

  • where it makes its home

  • the food it likes to eat

  • its enemies

  • the adaptations these animals have

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You will work with a partner and take notes on a desert animal. Use the English Desert Research Field Guide or Spanish Desert Research Field Guide to take notes.

  • Click on the links to learn about a desert animal.
  • Click on the speaker next to each bullet to hear the words read to you.
  • Click on the back button to come back to this page.
  • Once you have completed notes for your section, turn your paper over and draw a picture of your animal in its environment on the back of the notes page.

 

Elf Owl

Desert Tortoise

Fringe-toed Lizard

Ground Squirrel

Jackrabbit

elf owl
desert tortoise
desert iguana
gr squirrel

jackrabbit.

búho enano

tortuga del desierto

iguana del desierto

ardilla terrestre

liebre americana

Kangaroo Rat

Kit Fox

Roadrunner

Scorpion

Sidewinder

kangaroo rat
kit fox
roadrunner

scorpion

sidewinder

rata canguro

zorro veloz

correcaminos

escorpión

serpiente de cascabel

Credits:

Elf Owl Graphic: Downloaded from: http://artwolfe.photoshelter.com/gallery/G0000HtZ944hqjUI on January. 5, 2011
Elf Owl Graphic downloaded from: http://www.mirror-pole.com/collpage/elf_owl/elfowl_1.htm on January 4, 2011
Desert Tortoise Graphic downloaded from: http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2008/06/19/mojave-desert-tortoises/ on January 4, 2011.
Fringed-Toed Lizard Graphic downloaded from:http://www.toddshikingguide.com/FloraFauna/Fauna45.htm on January 4, 2011
Ground Squirrel Graphic downloaded from: http://www.freesnake.com/sidewinder12.html on January 4, 2011
Jackrabbit Graphic downloaded from: http://www.desertusa.com/july96/du_rabbi.html on January 4, 2011
Kangaroo Rat Graphic downloaded from: http://www.facts4me.com/disp_subject.php?s_id=777 on January 4, 2011
Kit Fox Graphic downloaded from: http://animaldiscovery-chanel.blogspot.com/2010/12/kit-fox-conservation-status-in-amerika.html on January 4, 2011
Roadrunner Graphic downloaded from: http://elainasnatureblog.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html on January 4, 2011
Scorpion Graphic downloaded from: http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/view.php?did=27557&tid=2 on January 4, 2011
Sidewinder Graphic downloaded from: http://www.freesnake.com/sidewinder12.html on January 4, 2011
Horizon Graphic downloaded from: http://www.mysunsetbackgrounds.com/download/27919 on January 6, 2011

This bilingual WebQuest was originally created for first grade by Elisa Magee on February 18, 2004 and is based on
Northside ISD Science Curriculum. The current webquest was updated and edited by Patty Marta.
Spanish portion was updated by Gracie Villarreal.
Last Updated on January 31, 2011.

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