Learn About Peru!

On Friday, Alexandra's father came in and talked about the country of his birth, Peru! 

First, we went down to the giant map to locate Peru.

Beverly got a chance to see the map for the first time.

As luck would have it, Alexandra's cousin was visiting during the same week that we had the giant traveling map! That's serendipity! (Serendipity is a fancy word for good luck.)

Alexandra's father shared a slide show. (Embedded below) with photos of Peru, including one of a surfing beach in Lima, Peru.

After his presentation, we all went outside to enjoy a special Peruvian treat!

Even Mrs. Yollis got one of the yummy desserts!

¡Muey delicioso!

Check out his fabulous slideshow! It includes images from his trip to Machu Pichu and the Nazca Lines. 

About a dozen years ago, Mrs. Yollis traveled to Peru. She spent some time at Machu Pichu and thought it was a beautiful historic location.

Mrs. Yollis hiking up a portion of the Inca Trail.

The mountains were terraced or carved into steps.

When Mrs. Yollis was in Machu Pichu, there were llamas grazing on the terraced mountain.

What did you learn about Peru?

Would you like to visit Machu Pichu or the Nazca Lines? 

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these three photos.

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Mrs. Yollis' Class Journeys to South America!

Mrs. Yollis is passionate about teaching geography to children. 

She organizes the National Geographic Giant Traveling Maps for her district. 

This year her district is going to South America!

Over the years, they've explored Asia, North America, and Africa. 

Students took off their shoes and explored the continent of South America!

One student said her mother was born in URUGUAY.  We noticed that all the countries were labeled using CAPITAL LETTERS. That was helpful!

Some students counted COUNTRIES, while others looked for capital cities. One student walked the Andes Mountain Range and another swam the length of the Amazon River!  

One boy noticed that his shirt was the capital of GUYANA!  He hadn't even visited Guyana!

After some free exploration, we used the COUNTRY cards to locate all the COUNTRIES in South America. How many countries were there? 

We were surprised to find Los Angeles! Who remembers where this city is located? What COUNTRY?

BRAZIL was so large, we could all sit inside its borders!

 Next, we decided to create a human ClustrMap! First, we  examined our South American map.

We tried to identify the cities that went with the larger dots. Many of the cities were capital cities!

Everyone got their visitor dots ready! 

Behold! Our Human ClustrMap of South America! Can you name any of the cities?

Mrs. Yollis pointed out Angel Falls in VENEZUELA. Does anyone know any fun facts about the famous waterfall? 

Have you ever visited a country in South America? If so, tell us about it!

Research and share some interesting facts about South America. Remember, do not plagiarize!  

(To plagiarize mean you copied someone else's work and are passing it off as your own.)