Possible Guiding Questions: How can Wyoming and Australia have similar vegetation despite their distance apart? How do temperature and precipitation impact plant communities? Why do deserts form in certain locations around the globe?
Possible Instructional Uses: You may use this phenomenon to primarily investigate desert communities around the globe and the large, climatic patterns that impact biome formation. This lesson may also serve as a jumping off point for exploring differences in weather in the Northern and Southern Hemipsheres. You may also use this lesson to transition into exploring plant adaptation and genetic population dynamics.