This document provides instructions for students to complete a follow up activity after taking a virtual field trip to the Sonoran Desert in Phoenix, Arizona. Students can choose from three activities: 1) Create "Who am I" cards with plant descriptions and photos to teach classmates, 2) Make a map tracing the southwest U.S. and Mexico placing photos of plants where they are found, or 3) Write a story about the desert, its plants and animals, including facts learned from the virtual field trip. The document provides details on creating the materials and sharing them with others.

1. Botany: Follow Up Work – Connect Botanical Garden Virtual Fieldtrip Sonoran Desert, Phoenix, Arizona Laura Daleiden-Altmaier EDU 652 Dr. Rhia Roberts April 24, 2011

2. Botany After completing ALL of the activities on the Virtual Botany Field Trip Blog… View this presentation and choose one of the three follow up activities to complete. Share them with your classmates. Clips from that presentation are shown at the top of some slides to refresh your memory.

3. Botany Choose One of the following 3 choices… Who am I cards Map Story

4. Choice 1 Botany virtual field trip Student Follow Up Work Create Who Am I Cards and give your classmates the lesson.

5. Create the lesson Botany Describe 5 photos or drawings of plants you found in your neighborhood and share the drawing or photo, along with a description of the plant. You need to use encyclopedias, books, and the internet to find your information. The following website is a great place to start. http://www.desertmuseumdigitallibrary.org/public/species.php?c=plants

6. Create the material Type or write (neatly) the description on the bottom of cardstock. Cut these apart so you have a set of five descriptions (one for each plant you have researched.) Type the name of the plant on another piece of card stock. This should be bigger and bolder than the definition.

7. Attach the photos Attach your photos or drawings to card stock (or, print them on card stock). Each photo or drawing will match up to one of the definitions. Be sure to write the correct plant name on the BACK of the definition card AND the photo/drawing card so your classmates can check their own work!

8. Put the work on the shelf for your friends to try!

9. This movie will help you know how to present your new material!

10. Choice 2 Botany virtual field trip Student Follow Up Work Create a map of the southwest and place photos of the plants where they are found.

11. Botany Create the lesson Research where the plants in the Botany Virtual Field Trip Presentation are found. You may need to do some research for this! The following website is a great place to start. http://www.desertmuseumdigitallibrary.org/public/species.php?c=plants

12. Create the material Trace the southwestern United States and Mexico by using the North America puzzle map. Using the photos from the Botany Field Trip presentation, print, cut out and place them on the map where they are found.

13. Botany share the material Place your map on the wall for other children to view. Share your findings on circle.

14. Where Desert Plants Can Be Found

15. Choice 3 Botany virtual field trip Student Follow Up Work Write a story about the desert, the plants and animals that live here. Make sure to include facts about the animals and plants from your virtual field trip.

16. Things to include What is a desert? Name some plants that grow here. Name some animals that live here and their habitats. Why is there so little rain here? Create a fun story, based on research, to read to the class!

17. References Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum (2011) Education and online learning. Retrieved April 10, 2011 from http://www.desertmuseum.org College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (2011) The University of Arizona. Retrieved April 11, 2011 from http://www.ag.arizona.edu Desert Botanical Garden (2010) Retrieved April 10, 2011 from http://www.dbg.org Photo credits: All photos taken by Laura Altmaier unless otherwise specified.