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Living in the Desert:
A Living Graph Thinking Skills activity

Roger Bishop from Haywood High School in Stoke created this Living Graph activity using the graph below. Pupils have to analyse the graph and work out where the statements might be best placed, giving reasons for their decisions. Cut and paste the graph and the sentences into a word processor to make a worksheet for your pupils. You can download the data in Excel format here. 

Living in the Desert

  1. Look at the climate graph above.
  2. Try to work out which month fits each of the ten sentences best. Talk to other people on your table about it.
  3. Write down your reasons for choosing the month you did

The ten sentences

  1. Today was the hottest day of the year

    2. Month
    Reason(s)

  2. There has been no rain for 4 weeks

    3. Month
    Reason(s)

  3. Today it was chilly and raining

    4. Month
    Reason(s)

  4. We have to keep fires burning all day to keep warm

    5. Month
    Reason(s)

  5. Our camels cannot find any plants to eat

    6. Month
    Reason(s)

  6. Two people drowned in floods today

    7. Month
    Reason(s)

  7. It’s getting warmer and there is enough rain to make the grass grow

    8. Month
    Reason(s)

  8. It’s too hot to go out in the sun

    9. Month
    Reason(s)

  9. A tourist’s jeep get stuck in the mud today

    10. Month
    Reason(s)

  10. The water in the well has nearly dried up

Month
Reason(s)

You may wish to copy the sentences below onto card to use with the graph

Today was the hottest day of the year
There has been no rain for 4 weeks
Today it was chilly and raining
We have to keep fires burning all day to keep warm
Our camels cannot find any plants to eat
Two people drowned in floods today
It’s getting warmer and there is enough rain to make the grass grow
It’s too hot to go out in the sun
A tourist’s jeep get stuck in the mud today
The water in the well has nearly dried up

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