Mojave Desert Issues

Contact Information

Reservations/Ordering Info: 760-367-5525

Phone: 760-367-5525

Street Address: 74485 National Park Drive
Twenty Nine Palms, California 92277

Last Updated: 11-21-2004

Reviewer Comments

General Content
A useful reference on desert management issues.

"A nice blend of academic subjects have been infused into the curriculum so that a broad approach to the desert environment is the result."

"A good unit for an all-too-often unstudied biome."

Pedagogy
"Excellent application and action unit for a general ecology text."

Teacher Usability
"Easy to use."

"Perfect for a ninth grade unit on deserts."

Focus on Communities
"Comprehensive source on North American Deserts."

"Narrow focus on desert ecology."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Joshua Tree National Park

Description: Mojave Desert Issues, A Secondary Curriculum (1999, 110 p.) presents secondary level students with background information regarding the types, locations, and forces shaping North American deserts, in particular the Mojave Desert of the southwest. It goes beyond, however, to discuss ownership, land management, desert endangered species, and human perspectives on desert resources, using the Mojave Desert as a forum to present real-life environmental issues. Students are challenged to identify the problem, issues, players and positions, beliefs, values, and possible solutions for such current issues as water rights in Death Valley, a proposed landfill at Eagle Mountain outside of Joshua Tree, feral burros at Lake Mead, and accessibility issues in Mojave National Preserve.

Web Address: http://www.nps.gov/jotr

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum, Professional Development

Audience Served: 9, 10, 11, 12

Cost: $15

EE Focus: Ecosystems-Desert, Environmental Sciences, Land Use, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Nature Awareness, Plants & Animals, Stewardship

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

B+
A-
B+
B+
A-
B+

Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language