The Amazon RiverLauren Kirk

• Content Area: Social Studies

• Grade Level: 3

• Summary: The purpose of this power point is to provide interesting facts about the Amazon River in South America and some information about different types of species that live there.

• Learning Objectives: Given websites that contain facts about the Amazon River students will need to interpret the material within the websites to answer the questions on the power point with 100 percent accuracy.

• State Standards: 3.34 Identify major physical features of the continent (G): Rivers-Amazon

• ISTE Standards: 3(c.) : Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks

Facts

• The Amazon River is the second largest river in the world!

• The Amazon River runs through the countries on Brazil and Peru in South America

• 20% of the Earth’s ocean water comes from the Amazon River

• Go to these two websites to see other facts about the Amazon River

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/amazonriver.htm

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/amazonriver.html

Facts about Amazon’s Species

• The Amazon River is home to over 2,000 different species of fish!

• Some of the creatures that live in the Amazon River are the Anaconda snake, Piranha fish, and the Pink dolphin

• Check out this website to view some of the Amazon Rivers most terrifying creatures

http://listverse.com/2013/09/27/10-terrifying-creatures-of-the-amazon-river/

Videos

• Watch this video of the KidVision kids taking a field trip to a Amazon River exhibit. Listen closely, the video will help you answer questions about the Amazon River.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJngf3psD9o

Questions

Where is the Amazon River located?

• Africa

• North America

• South America

• Dominican Republic

Correct!

Great job! The Amazon River is located in South America.

Questions

How long is the Amazon River?

• 1,000 miles

• 500 miles

• 10,000 miles

• 4,000 miles

Correct!

Awesome! The Amazon River is 4,000 miles long.

Questions

True or False? Stingrays live in the Amazon River

• True

• False

Correct!

Great Job! Stingrays do live in the Amazon River.

Conclusion

You have learned some interesting facts about the Amazon River. You have have learned about the location of the Amazon River and some of the different type of species that live there. Do you think you would enjoy adventuring down the Amazon River?

Incorrect!

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