Create your own Dinosaur
Scientists name dinosaurs with words from the Latin or ancient Greek languages, based on their characteristics. You can name a new dinosaur from your own imagination.
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Homemade hummingbird can be your pet
Make a rufous hummingbird. They're known for their reddish-brown tones and an occasional flash of bright orange, and shiny, shimmering throat feathers.
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How much do you know?
Have you read the Fun Facts about the Sonoran Desert? Take our quiz and test your knowledge! Or, click here to read the Fun Facts.

Write a personal story
What does the desert mean to you? You could write a personal story, also called an essay, about the Sonoran Desert and take photographs to illustrate it.

Find two examples of desert essays written by two Tucson teen-agers at www.azstarnet.com/desertmuseum/essays.html.

They write for Voices. The Tucson program brings together low-income youths and professional writers and photographers to create community publications. Interested youths (and adult volunteers) can call 622-7458.

Create a creature

Draw a new Sonoran Desert animal from your imagination. Make sure its features are specially adapted to survive in its habitat, whether it's desert, sea, river or Sky Islands.

Here's an example, adapted from a drawing by David Kenyon of the Coati Kids Club.

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