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If you have already registered you can download the 180 page Trans-Amazon Expedition Teachers Guide (Second Addition), which contains everything you will need to engage students in the Trans-Amazon Expedition.

Trans-Amazon Expedition Teachers Guide

Introduction (17 pages) - Designed to provide educators with fun, easy ways to fully utilize the Trans-Amazon Expedition.	PDF file
Teachers Guide (171 pages) - Lesson plans, worksheets, background information, and other educational resources aligned to Illinois State Standards.	PDF file

For your convenience, many of our lesson plans, worksheets, and activities can also be downloaded individually.

Title	Subject	Grade Level	Web Component
What's Significant in Today's Notes from the Trail?	LA	4-6	Notes from the Trail
Investigate a New Word from Notes from the Trail.	LA	4-6	Notes from the Trail
From A Different Perspective	LA	6-8	Notes from the Trail
Graph and Compare the Adventure's Temperature Vs. Local Temperature	M, S	4-6	Trip Tracker
Debate the Daily Dilemma	LA	3-6	Daily Dilemma
Pod Cast Responses	LA, S	3-7	Pod Cast
Record or Perform Your Own Pod Cast	LA, S	3-7	Pod Cast
How far did they go?	M, S	5-7	Trip Tracker
Critter Encounter Chart	M, S	3-5	Trip Tracker, Notes, Animals, Pod Cast
Attend a Chat Session	LA	3-8	Chat Room
Rainforest Resources	LA, S	3-7	N/A
Problem Solving with the Wilderness Classroom	M	3-8	N/A
Publish Your Daily Dilemma Results	LA	4-8	Daily Dilemma
Explain Your Vote!	LA	3-8	Cast YOUR Vote!
Solve the Mystery Photo	S, LA	3-7	Mystery Photos
Learning from the Video Clips	LA	3-8	Video Clips
Cultural Comparison	SS	5-7	Cultural Connections
Amazonian Travel Brochure	SS, S, LA	5-7	Cultural Connections
Cultural Connections: The Newspaper Article	LA	3-6	Cultural Connections
My Own Cultural Traditions	LA	3-6	Cultural Connections
Make a Rain Stick	SS	3-5	N/A
Write Your Own Cultural Connections	LA	3-6	Cultural Connections
Change of Perspective	LA, SS	4-7	Cultural Connections
Reading for Meaning	LA, SS	4	Cultural Connections
Reading for Meaning	LA, SS	5-6	Cultural Connections
Student Response Worksheets	LA	3-8	Student Response Worksheets
Create A New Animal	S	3-5	N/A
Create a Critter Collage	S	3-5	N/A
Bird Feeding and Migration Observation	S,M	3-7	N/A
Antonym Comparison of Animals and Me	LA	3-5	N/A
Critters in Your Own Backyard	S	3-5	Animals of the Amazon
Amazon Food Chain	S	4-7	Animals of the Amazon
Using the Discovery Logs	LA, S	3-8	Trip Tracker, Notes, Animals, Pod Cast

Below are lesson plans and activities that were developed for our previous learning adventures.

Project Peru 2 lesson plans and activities

Introduction	PDF file
Table Contents	PDF file
A letter to students from expedition leader	PDF file
Notes From the Trail Activities	PDF file
Animals of the Amazon Activities	PDF file
People of Peru Activities	PDF file
Unit 1:Planning the Expedition	PDF file
Unit 2: Transportation	PDF file
Unit 3: Seasonal Changes	PDF file
Unit 4: Shelter	PDF file
Unit 5: Food	PDF file
Unit 6:Habitats	PDF file
Rainforest Glossary	PDF file

The area below contains links to lesson plans from our Archived Adventures.

Project Peru lessons and activities

Many of the lesson plans and activities from Project Peru can be easily integrated into Project Peru 2. We encourage you to look through the Project Peru lesson plans if you are participating in Project Peru 2.

Unit 1:Inuit Sled Dogs	PDF file
Unit 2: Winter Travel	PDF file
Unit 3: Cree Culture	PDF file
Unit 4: Aurora Borealis	PDF file
Unit 5: Fort Life	PDF file
Unit 6:Wolves	PDF file
Unit 7: Ice	PDF file
Teacher's Guide	PDF file
Table Contents	PDF file

Rainforest Project Printable Teachers' Guide

Unit 1 Pollution Solutions	PDF file
Unit 2 Rainforests: The Earth's Lungs	PDF file
Unit 3 Volcanoes	PDF file
Unit 4 Global Warming	PDF file
Unit 5 Ocean Life	PDF file
Teacher's Guide / Table of Contents	PDF file
Cover	PDF file

Jiime Adventure Printable Teachers' Guide

Unit 1 History of the Boreal Forest and Its people	PDF file
Unit 2 Shelter	PDF file
Unit 3 Ojibwe Art	PDF file
Unit 4 Songs, Myths, and Legends	PDF file
Unit 5 Travel	PDF file
Unit 6 Food	PDF file
Teacher's Guide	PDF file
Table of Contents	PDF file

All of our Units contain links, worksheets, lesson plans, and background information about their units of study. You will need Adobe Acrobate Reader to view and print these files if you do not have Acrobate Reader installed on your computer visit click here to download it for free.

Last Updated: February 18, 2008