Arthur Elementary School, Arthur, Illinois 61911 A Great Place to Learn

These are lesson plans or activities that our teachers have developed or found in other sources for use in their classrooms.

DESERT SANDPAPER PRINTING
MATERIALS

• Sandpaper- half of a sheet per child, any grain size, (I use a variety, each will provide a different look in the print.)
• A piece of scrap drawing paper the same size as the sandpaper
• Old crayons for coloring on the sandpaper
• 9 x 12 manilla paper
• newspapers and an iron

Have each child practice drawing a very simple desert landscape on scrap paper, paying close attention to foreground and background. Draw large simple objects as it is hard to color details on the sandpaper.
Then copy drawing over to sandpaper using crayons and coloring heavily. The entire piece of sandpaper may be colored, filling in sky and ground, or some areas may be left uncolored.
Turn the sandpaper upside down, centered on the sheet of manilla paper and place this between sheets of newspaper. Iron over the sandpaper transferring the color to the manilla paper.

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The following are lesson plans or activities related to the topic found elsewhere on the web.

• The Desert is TheirsLesson plan for creating a desert plant and animal guide using this book by Byrd Baylor
• Desert Activity Page Answer questions, do activities and more
• 5 activities to do after reading The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor
• Exploring the Desert Biome
• Create a desert animal
• Desert Adaptations-Conservation of Water Experiment on how to conserve water in a sponge
• Deserts of the WorldFrom Encarta grades 2-5
• Invent a Desert Critter
• Chihuahua Desert Study Guides
• Take a Desert Field Trip includes teacher resources
• Deserts of the World A webquest plan
• Print a Unit Desert Habitats
• Three Sister's Garden Webquest
• Cooking with the Three Sisters A Webquest
• Science Webquest
• Drylands Theme Page
• Lesson Plan for Cactus Hotel
• In Search of the Great Deserts A Webquest
• A WebQuest about the Arizona Sonoran Desert