An activity to understand how desertification affects people, causes famine, displacement, and conflict

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Conservation
Lesson Type
Activity
Lesson Keywords
Desertification
famine
conflict
Desert Soils
Soils and Conservation

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
9-12 ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems

Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies.