Brainstorm ideas to design a sustainable guest village in the Sonoran Desert. The first installment of a nine-part unit teaches young environmental scientists about the basics of the Saguaro National Park and about sustainable design. Video clips from expert ecologists provide some additional information.

Concepts

sustainability, sustainable development, environmental stewardship, national parks, desert ecosystems

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite an ecologist to give a talk on sustainability

Classroom Considerations

• There is one associated activity for the lesson
• Learners should have some basic familiarity with biotic and abiotic factors of a biome

Pros

• Includes PowerPoint presentation to use in class

Cons

• Provides an overview of activity, but it does not include the actual activity (which is the next installment)