Science - An excursion to the desert

It can be hard to imagine how any form of life could survive in the extreme temperatures and dryness of a desert environment. Yet in our current Science unit ‘Desert Survivors’, we have been discovering that an amazing diversity of plants and animals can still be found.

In a recent lesson, we identified why camels were used for explorations of Central Australia; we made claims about which structural features help camels survive in desert environments and we discussed their behavioural and structural adaptations.