Dry Climates

Positives

• Students can work at their own pace through this self-guided textbook lesson, interacting with useful videos and questions throughout.
• Figures and graphics are included to illustrate the text.
• Students can check their understanding by taking an interactive quiz at the end of the lesson.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students will need to sign in to use some of the interactive resources.
  

Differentiation

• Biology classes could research how climate change is impacting desert biomes.
• Social studies or history classes could research ancient and current desert and steppe communities.
• Other resources on this topic include this interactive US drought map, this article on climate migrants, and this media literacy lesson on drought.