• Sunset at Lake Mead's Boulder Basin

    Lake Mead

    National Recreation Area AZ,NV

Teacher Guides

Mojave Desert Discovery is a resource guide about the Mojave Desert ecosystem for teachers of upper elementary students.

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Mojave Desert Issues is a secondary school curriculum that helps develop critical thinking skills by looking at issues that national parks are facing.

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Our Living Desert

This version of "Our Living Desert" has been rewritten and updated with photographs compiled from the National Park Service Database at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

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Did You Know?

Boating out of St Thomas

The pioneer town of St. Thomas, Nevada was flooded by the rising waters of Lake Mead in 1938. The 400 inhabitants had to find homes elsewhere. More...