Desert wildlife of the world full lesson

This is a great activity for primary learners, ideally KS1 or KS2.

There are a number of different activities and materials for you to use in this lesson. This lesson could be taught over 40,50,60 or 70 minutes depending on how many of the activities you want to complete.

• The first activity is a warm up vocabulary activity. (5 mins).

• The next activity is an odd one out game looking at different animals whom live in hot and cold places and a hidden picture game. (5 mins).

• Then students will look in detail at deserts of the world and where they are located as well as some interesting facts about deserts. (5-10 mins).

• Students will then look at both hot and cold desert animals, looking at ideas such as the food chain etc. (5-10 mins).

• There is then a practical activity for students to color and label a world map of deserts and land. (15-20 mins).

• Then the teacher can ask students the review questions to help them recap learning. (5-10 mins).

• Finally, students can play a writing relay game in teams. This a fun way to recap and use the vocabulary studied in the lesson. (10-15 mins).