1. The Amazon River
Lauren Kirk

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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
amazon-river/

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. True or False? Stingrays live in the Amazon River
Questions
True or False? Stingrays live in the Amazon River
True
False

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

12. 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?

13. Incorrect!
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