Desert School, Tortoise, Branch elementary

Sixth Grade teacher Kim Cantrell (left) and student Nora Vik share a moment looking at the Mojave Maxine desert tortoise website on their classroom computer at Branch Elementary on base. Nora won the Southern California Mojave Maxine Emergence Contest for Kern County by correctly guessing the date when Maxine, a desert tortoise who lives at The Living Desert Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Palm Desert, Calif., would emerge from her burrow. Nora’s winning guess earned prizes for her teacher to buy school materials, for her classmates and herself. (Air Force photo by Gary Hatch)

PHOTO BY: Gary Hatch

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