Saving the Amazon River

Information for Teachers

Curriculum links

Australian Science Standards

SS01.1 The biosphere is a dynamic system providing conditions that sustain life on Earth

SS01.3 Sustainable patterns of living rely on the interdependence of healthy social, economic and ecological systems

SS01.4 World views recognise the dependence of living things on healthy ecosystems, and value diversity and social justice

New Zealand Science Achievement Objectives

LW: The key structural features and functions to the life processes of plants and animals

LW: The impact of natural events and human actions on an ecosystem

Helpful websites

You may want to direct your students to some or all of these websites to help with their investigations.

Students may want to learn more about the Amazon River. They can do a search by naming this river and adding a topic like Amazon River+location, Amazon River+climate, Amazon River+rainforest+animals

Other search topics could be Amazon River+threats or Amazon River+threats+conservation

https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon

https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/region/amazon

Congo River Basin

https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/congo-basin

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2008/jun/17/forests.conservation

Kapuas River Rainforest, Indonesia

https://www.britannica.com/place/Kapuas-River

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/borneo_forests/borneo_deforestation/

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