Saving the Amazon River

Information for Teachers

Curriculum links

This investigation is linked to the following Grade 5 Next Generation Science Standards and C3 Social Studies Standards for Grades 3–5.

ESS2A: Earth materials and systems
Earth’s major systems are the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere. These systems interact in multiple ways to affect Earth’s surface materials and processes (5-ESS2-1)

ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
Nearly all of Earth’s available water is in the ocean. Most freshwater is in glaciers or underground; only a tiny fraction is in streams, lakes, wetlands, and the atmosphere (5- ESS2-2)

LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms
Food provides animals with the materials they need for body repair and growth and the energy they need to maintain body warmth and for motion (5-PS3-1)

LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems
The food of almost any kind of animal can be traced back to plants. A healthy ecosystem is one in which multiple species of different types are each able to meet their needs in a relatively stable web of life. Newly introduced species can damage the balance of an ecosystem (5-LS2-1)

ESS3.C: Human impacts in Earth systems
Human activities in agriculture, fisheries, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, and air. Communities are doing things to protect Earth’s resource and environments (5-ESS3-1)

D2. Geo.3.3-5. Use maps, satellite images/photographs to explain the relationship between the location of places and regions and their environmental characteristics

How to search the internet

1 Keep your request short

Fewer words will give a more accurate search.

2 Choose exactly what you want

For example: Arctic Circle Climate

3 Use quotes

Double quotes around a set of words tell the search engine to consider those exact words in that exact order without any change. For example: “Arctic Circle Climate”

4 Use the plus sign (+)

If you add a plus sign (+) between words, the internet will search for all the words. For example: migrate+birds+whales+mammal

5 Use the minus sign (–) to say what you don’t want

Use a minus sign (–) to show words you do not want to appear in your results. For example: if you search for burrowing animals and do not want mammals in your search,  –mammals will exclude mammals. Note that you need to put a space before the minus sign for the word to be excluded.

6 Be very clear about what you don’t want