AMAZON River Study Labeling Tributaries Habitat Animals Features & Experiments

Learn about the Amazon River with this themed study, including an animal matching puzzle, habitat poster, parts of a river featuring an exclusive hand-painted illustration, full color river feature cards, Amazon River tributaries tracing and two science experiments including step-by-step instructions. Experiments include the "meeting of the rivers" featuring the Meeting of Waters which is a confluence between the dark Rio Negro and the upper portion of the pale sandy-colored Amazon River (Solimões River) where the two rivers flow side by side without mixing. It is one of the main tourist attractions of Manaus, Brazil. Secondly, children can learn how rivers are formed through an erosion activity showing how variables such as dirt and more solid substances such as rocks affect a river's formation.

Includes eleven (11) pages of resources, sized to be printed on 8.5 X 11 inch paper, left aligned; resources also included in the Brazil Activity Book.