Year 2 Autumn 1 Topic

Amazon Adventures

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Read...
Look out for these books in your classroom, the Imagination Room or at Brierfield Library!  

Key words...​

Amazon
climate
deforestation
environment
extinction
habitat
rainforest
South America
species
tribes

Fun facts...

  • The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

  • It is known as the lungs of the planet because it produces 20% of the world’s oxygen.

  • It is home to many dangerous animals such as poisonous dart frogs, flesh eating piranhas and venomous snakes.

  • Some of the tribe’s people living in the Amazon have never met any other people from outside their tribe.

  • It is estimated an area the size of 20 football pitches is lost to deforestation in rainforests around the world.

Explore...

Play the rainforest sound detective game by clicking on the link to visit the CBeebies website.
Explore the rainforest with these videos and games from BBC Bitesize.
Explore the Rainforest Alliance virtual treehouse to play lots of rainforest online games.
Be a Jungle Ranger with this online activity.  Click on the picture to get started!

Visit...

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Chester Zoo - Chester

Do...

  • Make a paper chain or concertina rainforest snake

  • Use a shoe box to create a rainforest diorama.​

In school...

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Class Novel - The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry