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The Amazon River
Lauren Kirk


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• 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


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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


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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-theamazon-river/


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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


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Questions
Where is the Amazon River located?
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Africa
North America
South America
Dominican Republic

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


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Questions
How long is the Amazon River?
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1,000 miles
500 miles
10,000 miles
4,000 miles

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


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Questions
True or False? Stingrays live in the Amazon River
• True
• False


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Correct!
Great Job! Stingrays do live in the Amazon River.


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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?


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