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Travel Brazil - Lesson 1Brazil

Brazil is the largestcountry in South America.Of all the countries in theworld, it is the fifthlargest. Russia has themost land. Canada hasthe second most land.China has the third mostland. The United Stateshas the fourth most land.Brazil has the fifth mostland. And Australia hasthe sixth most land. FindBrazil on the differentmaps.

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 1Brazil

Brazil is the largestcountry in South America.Of all the countries in theworld, it is the fifthlargest. Russia has themost land. Canada hasthe second most land.China has the third mostland. The United Stateshas the fourth most land.Brazil has the fifth mostland. And Australia hasthe sixth most land. FindBrazil on the differentmaps.

Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________

Travel Brazil - Lesson 1Brazil

Brazil is the largestcountry in South America.Of all the countries in theworld, it is the fifthlargest. Russia has themost land. Canada hasthe second most land.China has the third mostland. The United Stateshas the fourth most land.Brazil has the fifth mostland. And Australia hasthe sixth most land. FindBrazil on the differentmaps.

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Most of Brazil is a tropical rainforest. A tropical rainforest is a forest of VERY tall treesin a place that is warm ALL year long. It is very wet in tropical rainforests because itrains a LOT. Most tropical rainforests get 80 inches of rain every year. In fact, tropicalrainforests have only two seasons - wet and dry. In the wet season it rains almost everyday. In the dry season it stops raining. But whether it's raining or not, it's always warm.

Watch the video "What is the Rainforest?" at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2VrgRFCzc

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 2The Amazon River

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The Amazon River is the secondlargest river in the world. (Thelongest river of all is the Nile Riverin Egypt.) The Amazon River is4,000 miles long (6,400 km) and itis very wide. During the wetseason, it is 120 miles wide in someareas.

The Amazon River starts in thecountry Peru and ends in Brazil,where it pours 200,000 cubicmeters of fresh water into theAtlantic Ocean every single second.

The Amazon River is the home of some amazing animals. One of those amazinganimals is the Amazon River dolphin or boto. It is the largest species of riverdolphin in the world. It is about 6½ feet long. (That's taller than most men.) Andit is very, very pink. Amazon River dolphins usually live in a family group called apod with about 5 to 8 other dolphins.

About 5,000 different kinds of fish,crabs and turtles live in the AmazonRiver, too. This includes electric eelsand catfish and a strange fish called thepiranha. Piranha are an ugly fish withsharp teeth, and they eat meat.Piranhas come together in big schoolsbecause they like to hunt together andalso because being together in a groupprotects them from their enemies.

The Amazon River is alsohome to yacare caiman, a typeof crocodile. There are about10,000,000 yacare caiman.Yacare caiman grow to beabout 6½ to 8 feet long. Eventhough they are very biganimals, they are notparticularly dangerous tohumans because they preferto eat fish and birds.

Take a tour on a boat down the Amazon River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOBH46W5IpE

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 3Anacondas

If the anaconda is the world's biggest and deadliest snake, a snake so dangerousthat stories are told of anacondas carrying off children, then why is this littleBrazilian boy playing with one?

The reason why this little boy can play with the anaconda is that the snake is full.That's right. This snake already has a belly full of food and it's not hungryanymore. You see, anacondas take weeks to digest their food and they can go formonths without eating. So, this anaconda snake here is safe to play with becausehe's not hungry.

Watch a short video about "Swimming With the Anaconda" snake here*:http://video-cdn.abcnews.com/120921_ntl_anacondas_1145.mp4

This anaconda is 23 feet long. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a34/jimmydavid/serpientegigante.jpg

Anacondas love water and are never far from it. They can hold their breathe forten minutes. They swim very fast and very quietly and can sneak up on their preyso well that the water barely ripples when they swim along the surface.

Anacondas are meat eaters. They like to eat turtles, caimans, birds, and mammals.Because anaconda snakes are not poisonous, they have to kill their prey anotherway. They way they do it is by squeezing their prey until their prey dies. Aftereating, anacondas won't eat again for weeks or even months.

Another thing that makes anacondas unusual is that they don't lay eggs like mostsnakes do. Instead, they give birth to live babies. In fact, they can have up to 78babies at a time.

*Original video with article here: abcnews.go.com/Travel/swimming-anacondas-brazils-untamed-savannahs/story?id=17293350

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When anaconda babies are born, they are ready to live on their own. They are bornknowing what to eat and how to survive.

Anacondas live about ten years.

Anacondas can grow up to 22 feet long, but there are reports of anacondas beingup to 40 feet long. So far, though, no one has caught one that long, but, if you everdid catch an anaconda that is longer than 30 feet, you would win a prize of$50,000.

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 4Capybaras

Capybaras are the largest rodents in the world. They are in the same family asmice, rats, and guinea pigs. They are a kind of mammal. They live in family groups,with about 20 capybaras in each group.

Capybaras always live near the water. They are very good swimmers and divers. Ifthey sense danger they can dive under the water and hide. They can stay underthe water for five minutes. They can also sleep under the water with just theirnoses poking out so that they can breathe.

Capybaras makes many different sounds. The sounds they make include softwhimpers, clicking noises, purring and barking.

They are herbivores. That means they are plant eaters. Mostly they eat grass andwater plants, but they can also eat tree bark, grains, melons, squashes and fruits.

They live about ten years.

Capybara enemies are...

pumas. jaguars.

caimans. ocelots.

harpy eagles. anacondas.

and humans.

Watch the following videos...

(1) Capybaras in a Washtub:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTk688cXTsA

and

(2) Capybara Babies at the Audubon Zoo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AvIf9jkWU

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 5Pampas Deer

Pampas are a deer that live in the Brazilian grasslands. They do eat grass thatgrows there, but mostly they like to eat herbs and shrubs (low plants), and theyespecially like to eat leaves, twigs and shoots.

A long time ago there used to be millions and millions of pampas deer, but peoplehunted them until there were not many left. Now there are only 80,000 of them,and most of them live in Brazil.

Pampas deer are very curious and they like to explore. They are very calm animalsbut, if they get scared, they will run away and hide.

Watch two video of pampas deer:Male deer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESw69_vZQZAFemale deer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Wo3OGVu1c

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 6Coatis

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Coatis remind some people of raccoons and there is a good reason for that; theyare in the raccoon family. They are a kind of mammal that lives in the Americas.They prefer to live in rain forests but they can also live in grasslands and bushyareas and deserts. They are nocturnal (that means they like to come out at nighttime). They are very intelligent.

Coatis are omnivores. That means they eat both plants and animals. They eattarantulas and insects, lizards and snakes, rodents, bird eggs, crocodile eggs, smallbirds, and also fruit. (Fruit is their favorite kind of food.)

Watch this video of coatis eating and playing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRiFjuafr0I

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 7Giant Anteaters

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Giant anteaters are found all through Brazil and in the countries near Brazil. Theyprefer to live in tropical forests and grasslands. Most of the time anteaters livealone, but each year mother anteaters have one baby. Sometimes the baby rideson the mother's back.

Anteaters are not aggressive, but the can fight ifthey have to. If they are cornered by adangerous animal, they will stand up on their hindlegs and use their long claws to battle. They caneven fight off pumas and jaguars.

Watch a video about a mother anteater:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkkEMMLfzUQ

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Now watch a video about a giant anteater baby and the man who helped to raisehim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOFDv3PZhqc

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Anteaters do not have any teeth. Instead they have very long tongues. With theirlong tongues they can lap up 35,000 termites and ants every day.

Watch a giant anteater eating ants:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOr7LwcFJ-s

and watch another anteater eating termites:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8ZiyweAF0

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 8Brazil's Flag

This flag was adopted by Brazil as Brazil's official flag in 1992. Before that,Brazil had many other flags. It shows the constellations Southern Cross (alsocalled Crux), Scorpius, Canis Major, and other constellations. All in all, there are27 stars. There is one star for each state in Brazil and one star for the FederalDistrict.

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 8Brazil's Flag

This flag was adopted by Brazil as Brazil's official flag in 1992. Before that,Brazil had many other flags. It shows the constellations Southern Cross (alsocalled Crux), Scorpius, Canis Major, and other constellations. All in all, there are27 stars. There is one star for each state in Brazil and one star for the FederalDistrict.

Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________

Travel Brazil - Lesson 8Brazil's Flag

This flag was adopted by Brazil as Brazil's official flag in 1992. Before that,Brazil had many other flags. It shows the constellations Southern Cross (alsocalled Crux), Scorpius, Canis Major, and other constellations. All in all, there are27 stars. There is one star for each state in Brazil and one star for the FederalDistrict.

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 9São Paulo

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São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil with apopulation of 10,659,386 people living there in2010. Youcan see fromthe picturethat São Paulois huge! Lookat all thosebuildings!

Things to do in São Paulo

(1) Visit the Skye Bar withits crimson red pool on theRoof of the Unique Hotel.There you can eat a finemeal cooked by an amazingFrench chef while lookingover the city of São Paulo.And if you want to dance,you can dance until morning.All the cool people gothere.

(2) Take a samba danceclass. Every year in SãoPaulo the São Paulo Carnivalparade takes place. Sambaschools teach their dancestudents a beautiful sambadance so that they canparticipate in the parade.

(3) Go to a soccer game atthe Pacaembu Stadium.Brazilian people lovesoccer, a game that theycall foot ball becauseplayers kick the ball withtheir foot. You will be ableto cheer for your favoriteteam along with them.

All pictures on this page and the next were taken from: http://www.saopaulo-hotel.travel/travel-info/30-things-to-do-in-sao-paulo

(4) There are 6,000 pizzarestaurants in São Paulo.Many people think that SãoPaulo has the best pizza inthe entire world, evenbetter than pizzas made inItaly. (Italian people areoften credited withinventing pizza.)

(5) You can visit the zooand the Jardim BotanicGarden. The gardens areso peaceful and beautifulthat many people havetheir picture taken there.And the zoo has manyanimals native to Brazil,such as tapirs, anteaters,and certain kinds of birds.

(6) Have dinner at thefamous restaurant, TerracoItalia. Terraco Italia sitson the rooftop of theAvenida Iperanga building.From there you can see allover São Paulo.

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 10Discover Brazil

Watch* episode 3 of Discovery Atlas - "Brazil Revealed" - on amazon.com ornetflix.com.

*Parents please preview this episode for suitability before you show it to your children.

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Travel Brazil - Lesson 11Brazil Photo Album

Now that you've traveled all over Brazil and learned about it's animals and people,it's time to add your photos from your trip to your Travel Brazil Journal. Chooseyour favorite photos - just your favorites - and glue them into your journal.

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