Learn about the Amazon Rainforest and how the Wampís Nation has been protecting the forest and the largest river in the world. Watch the video and keep track of all of the positive ways the Wampís people are helping our world.

To earn the mini spark, imagine you are a scientist studying the Amazon rainforest. Write a  journal entry describing the incredible biodiversity you have observed and explain why it is important to protect this unique ecosystem. Please use include these words in your journal entry.

• Ecosystem: A community of living organisms, along with their non-living environment, interacting as a system.
• Biodiversity: The variety of living organisms in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
• Indigenous: Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.