Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Americas - South America - Amazon River Basin

South America by Libby Koponen
How the Birds Changed Their Feathers by Joanna Troughton
"Kinkajou and the Food Tree," "Star Girl Brings Yuca From the Sky" from When Jaguars Ate the Moon and Other Stories About Animals and Plants of the Americas by Maria Cristina Brusca and Tona Wilson

Discussion:
Foods from the Amazon: potatoes, quinoa, beans, corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, manioc
Geoglyphs
Forest Gardening

Activity:
Locate the Amazon River and its basin on a map
What is a geoglyph?
Eat some South American foods

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