Invite a park ranger to your school and learn about the exciting natural and cultural history of the Mojave Desert. All programs support the Clark County School District curriculum essentials framework for first through fifth grades.
Presentations are forty-five minutes to one hour in length.
Although desert animals share the same environment, they each survive in different ways. Students will compare similarities and differences among some mammals, reptiles, and birds of the Mojave Desert. Students will explore this question by comparing cactus characteristics. They will have a better understanding of just how well adapted a cactus is to living in the Mojave Desert. Students will compare characteristics of several bugs common to the Mojave Desert and the role they play in our environment.