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 Mojave Max has a lot to teach your kids about native desert species and conservation! We hope the following resources will help you continue spreading the message of Mojave Max in the classroom and beyond! |
Mojave Max
is on InterAct!
Has your class been studying Mojave Max? Click here for a printable quiz! You can also print out our Mojave Max vocabulary matching worksheet, or our vocabulary fill-in-the-blanks worksheet!
Las Vegas BLM Learning Landscapes Beyond the Strip: Las Vegas Outdoor Activities The 1973 Endangered Species Act
Max has been in the news many times! Share
some of these links with your class to help them learn about past
Mojave Max announcements! The Las Vegas Sun on Max's 2010 Emergence The Las Vegas Sun compares Max and Groundhog's Day LVRJ release about the 2009 winner. Las Vegas Sun on Mojave Max's 2009 emergence
LVRJ talks about Max and the contest USA Today featured Max in 2004! Nevada Public Radio talks about the 2004 contest.
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Great books for your classroom! Red Carpet Chronicles by Becky Davis The Desert Tortoise by Sue Fox Desert Tortoises by Christopher Blomquist Animal Tracks and Signs by Jinny Johnson Tricky Tortoise by Mwenye Hadithi, Adrienne Kennaway Animals on the Edge by Sandra Pobst Predators by John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin  Adaptation by
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein NunnWhat's the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise? by Trisha Speed Shaskan  Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg Written and illustrated by Mia Posada Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed…and Revealed by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy
Mr. Tortle by Joanne Carosellu |
Assembly Presentations
Mojave Max Emergence Contest Beginning each year on November 1st, Clark County students can go online at Enter the contest here! to enter their guess as to when the real Mojave Max will emerge from his burrow at Red Rock Canyon. The student who gets closest to Max’s actual emergence time will win an “Outdoor Adventure Pack” with digital camera, an annual pass to all federal recreational lands, and a class pizza party at Red Rock Canyon. The teacher of the winning student will receive a laptop computer.
Elementary School teachers may request a presentation from a Mojave Max educator. We will visit your classroom to teach a 45-minute lesson about the desert tortoise and its habitat, the Mojave Desert. The lesson includes information about Mojave Desert weather, desert tortoise biology, and the importance of desert conservation. The presentation is fun, interactive, and curriculum-based. Teacher Workshops Would you like to teach the Mojave Max lessons at your own school? Participate in the Mojave Max PDE course to learn about Mojave Desert weather and ecology, desert tortoise biology, and desert conservation. Participants will also learn fun ways to share information about our desert and its wildlife with their students. Teachers who complete the course will have the opportunity to check out a Mojave Max teaching kit, which contains books, posters, teaching props, and actual tortoise shells. For more information about any of these programs, please contact Mojave Max Program Manager Fran Byers via InterAct or at 702-258-7097. |
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| For program information: Christina Gibson Website Questions: MojaveMax@Ymail.com |
