(Grades K-2) Exploring the Desert Plantmobile

An Arboretum Instructor presents a mobile Field Trip right in your classroom!

Girl looking at desert plants on table with a magnifying glass
Date

Available between Jan. 22-March 31, 2027

Grade

K-2

Fee

$350-$1,025; see details below.

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Maximum students per class: 32

Activities and Concepts

Keep the cold out by bringing the warmth of the desert into your classroom! With the chance to explore and discover a variety of real, live desert plants, students become desert explorers as they investigate this extreme environment — uncovering the surprising tricks plants (and explorers!) use to survive.

  • Compare a plant’s life in Minnesota to life in the desert, and discover how to safely touch the prickly plant  parts!
  • Go on a desert plant adaptation hunt through the classroom to investigate unique characteristics through hands-on exploration of real plants.
  • Each student will plant their own succulent desert plant to take home.
2019 Minnesota State Science Standards


0L.1.2.1.2 Diversity of plants/habitat
0P.2.1.1.1 Sorting/categorizing natural objects
0L.2.1.1.3 Survival of living things
0L.3.1.1.1 Needs of plants in the places they live
1L.3.1.1.1 Modeling external plant parts
1L.4.2.1.2 Using media to explore offspring survival
2L.4.1.1.1 Factors that support survival in a habitat
2E.4.2.1.2 Describe regional climates

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