Discover The Desert

Delving into a seemingly dry and barren ecosystem, this fun-filled activity book closely examines the desert landscape and shows how many exciting discoveries it holds. Exploring native plants and animals and depicting the extreme temperatures, rough terrain, and vast distances in detail, this lively reference describes lost civilizations as well as todays desert-dwelling cultures. Try This science and history activities are also includedfrom creating mirages and fashioning an Anasazi clay bowl to growing salt crystals and even assembling a cactus dish terrarium. Demonstrating why adventurers have always been drawn to the worlds deserts, this entertaining overview also provides education on the environment, examining how the health of the planet depends on the careful treatment of the deserts many resources.