Unfolding Journeys: Amazon Adventure is a great springboard for getting children excited about geography and map work. Use the giant frieze to inspire

adventures in your local area and create your own journey display.

Curriculum links

KS1 Geography: use basic geo-graphical vocabulary to refer to key physical features and key human features; use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.

KS2 Geography: use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.

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Get ready for the adventure of a lifetimeUnfolding Journeys

takes you on a unique visual trip down the

Amazon River.

Share the Unfolding Journey: Amazon Adventure. Discuss the features of

maps and the human and physical fea-tures of the landscape. Share some of the exciting facts about the Amazon, and how the river and the way people use it changes along its course.

Tell the class that you will be going on a journey in your own local area (or,

for younger children, through the school grounds). If safe and practical, you might decide to follow the course of a local river or stream. Children will then work together to create a giant map for the classroom wall.

On the journey, children can record features of the human and physical

landscape by writing, sketching or taking photos.

Assign each pair or group one of the natural or human-made landmarks

that you spotted on the journey. They should work together to draw it and write a caption.

Create a simple background for your wall display e.g. green paper, with the

river marked in blue paper. Older children could add a numbered key, scale bar and compass rose to fit in with work on map skills.

Assemble the display using chil-dren’s drawings and captions. You

could take a picture of the display and turn it into a leaflet for children to share with their families. The Lonely Planet Kids team would love to see it too!

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Take the trip of a lifetime

along the Amazon River – the largest

river in the world – as it winds

its way through six countries

and thousands of kilometres of

breathtaking tropical rainforest.

WATERLILIES...GIANT

PILPINTUWASI

IQUITOS

A M A Z O N R I V E RT H E Green Anaconda

BRAZIL NUT TREE

GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER

DISCUS FISH

RIVER STINGRAY

THESE ARE

HUGE!

The mighty Amazon starts life as a tiny trickle high up in the

Peruvian Andes.

SQUAWK

The natives of the Amazon once thought the PINK RIVER DOLPHIN had magical powers.

When staying in this guest room in the MAMIRAUA RESERVE, we’re right in

the heart of the rainforest.This tiny BLACK

SQUIRREL MONKEY is no longer than your foot!

The ANGELFISH

got its name from the

shape of its fins,

which look like an

angel’s wings.

Best not go sleepwalking in this FLOATING HOUSE

in Tefé!

LETICIA is the Amazon’s frontier port where Colombia,

Peru and Brazil meet.

The beautiful

SCARLET MACAW

is sometimes

called a ‘flying

rainbow.’

‘JAGUAR’ means ‘he who kills with one leap.’

This 40-metre (130-ft) tall RUBBER TREE may be

100 years old.

Early explorers from Europe thought the

AMAZONIAN MANATEE might be a mermaid!

We’ve taken a daytrip up the Rio Negro

(Black River) to the amazing ANAVILHANAS

ARCHIPELAGO.

This whopper is a famous BRAZIL NUT TREE.

If you go for a paddle, don’t tread on a RIVER

STINGRAY!

We’ve popped up the River Solimões to

COARI.

The huge GREEN ANACONDA spends

most of its time hidden in the water.

Look at those beautifu

l

fish sw

imming beside

the boat!

Don’t worry, this GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER looks

scary, but it doesn’t want you for dinner.

A Roman Catholic cardinal wears red – so does the CARDINAL TETRA fish.

You won’t be alone for a moment

on MONKEY ISLAND!

The Amazon River is fed by

many smaller rivers along its journey to the sea. How many

can you see?

The AMACAYACU NATIONAL PARK is

mostly under water from October to June. Stay in

the boat, please!

...are big enough for you to sit on.

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IQUITOS is the largest city in the world

RIVER SOURCE

MATSéS PEOPLE

TRIBUTARIES

RUBBER tapping

COLOMBIA

AMAZONIAN MANATEE

ANAVILHANAS ARCHIPELAGO

JAGUAR

MAMIRAUA RESERVE

FLOATING HOUSESCARL

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MACAW

CARDINAL TETRA

BLACK SQUIRREL MONKEY

ANGELFISH

ISLADE LOSM I C O S

GIANT MONKEY FROG

PINK river DOLPHIN

This

ante

ater

lives at the butterfly farm.

The MATSÉS PEOPLE have lived deep in the jungle for thousands of years.

What’s a frog doing in a tree?

It’s a GIANT MONKEY FROG!

NARIÑO.to enter PUERTO motor vehicles allowed Sorry! No

that you can’t drive to.

Yikes! Keep your fingers out of the water.

PIRANH

As

COARI

LETICIAP E R U BRAZ I L

PUERTO NARINO

Because they’re so juicy, the

people of the Amazon call the

berries of the ACAÍ PALM ‘the

fruit that cries.’

ACAI PALM

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