This is one of three lesson plans on Claire's Southwest Experience Unit. All 3 can be found together under Social Studies.
Teacher asks the students to review some facts they already know about deserts.
Teacher tells the class that they will be looking at cacti today. She tells them that they will also be learning about a special type of cactus, the saguaro cactus. She gives each group a cactus to examine. Students will write what they observe in their Response Notebooks. Teacher asks the students what they observed.