Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: World's Largest Deserts and North American Deserts
Information about the sizes of the world's largest deserts and about the deserts of North America.
Other
Encyclopaedia of the Orient: Sahara
Information about the world's largest desert, the Sahara, including size, location, people, climate, physical features, and animal life. Includes a chart of temperatures (in Celsius) and rainfall (in millimeters) by month and by yearly...
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Mineral Resources in Deserts
This page contains information about mineral deposits in our Southwest deserts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Deserts: Lesson 3
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of deserts, and its effect on living things. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Deserts."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Deserts: Lesson 4
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of deserts, and its effect on living things. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Deserts."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Water
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students identify water supplies and understand the importance of clean water and how it is used. The use of the atlas to find high rainfall/desert countries is incorporated in the lesson.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Deserts
Identify the world's major deserts by taking this interactive quiz.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Hottest Place on Earth
Discover the hottest place on Earth, how this record is determined, and some other places that can be called extremely hot using different criteria.
Songs for Teaching
Songs for Teaching: Types of Biomes
Doug Eldon performs this great song which tells about the different biomes and their characteristics. Great way to begin your unit on the biomes.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Deserts
Interesting resource describes the types of deserts, desert storms, and minerals found in the desert.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: What Is a Desert?
At this site from the United States Geological Survey, you can read an informative and scientific explanation of what deserts are and what occurs in them. View pictures of deserts and a diagram showing the distribution of deserts in Africa.
Ducksters
Ducksters: United States Geography: Deserts
Kids learn about the major deserts of the United States including the Mohave, the Sonoran, the Chihuahuan, and the Great Basin Desert. Geography of the US.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography: Places: Atacama Desert
Describes the Atacama region of Chile and why this area is so dry.