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Who can find water first?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eActivity 2: Make a Desert Animal! \u003c\/strong\u003eCreate your own desert animal, complete with feathers, scales, talons and more from the worksheets provided. You decide what strategies your animal uses to survive the harsh desert environment!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eActivity 3: Day and Night Adaptations. \u003c\/strong\u003ePick a desert animal and re-enact a day in the desert. What will your creature do to find water?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eActivity 4: Evaporate! \u003c\/strong\u003eUse the scientific method, take measurements, and make graphs…all in this simple evaporation experiment. 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Use the included Experimental Journal to think more deeply about what you’ve observed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eActivity 3: At the Museum: Mix and Match Jaws. \u003c\/strong\u003eSee how the structure of a shark’s jaw matches the jaw’s function (what it eats). Become a museum expert and share your knowledge of shark jaws with others!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eActivity 4: Shark Rock-Paper-Scissors Tag. \u003c\/strong\u003eWho will win: sharks, students, or pollution?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCuriosity Connector. \u003c\/strong\u003eCurious about people who swim with the sharks? 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