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- Here we go, come on, hi.
- [Vanessa] Hi.
- I'm Penny and these are the kid vision VPK kids
and we're here to find out what are your exhibits.
- Great, welcome to
the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science.
My name is Vanessa and I'm gonna be your guide
on a global trekking adventure
all the way through to the Amazon.
We're gonna see where we are
and the distance that we're gonna travel on this globe.
- What is a globe?
- A round map.
- [Penny] That's right, a globe is a round map.
And where do we live?
- I know, in the U.S.A.
- We live in the U.S.A.
Let's find U.S.A. on this big, round map, the globe.
There it is.
There are many countries in the world.
You can see them all on a globe.
Countries are located in continents.
The U.S.A. is in the North American continent.
The Amazon River is in the South American continent.
Where is the Amazon River?
- I know, in Brazil.
- In Brazil, it's all the way down
in another continent called South America.
What vehicle would you take to ride on a river?
- [Child] A boat?
- [Penny] A boat.
- We're gonna travel from Miami
all the way down to Brazil to see the Amazon River.
- Do we have to swim?
- Nope, we have a boat ready for you.
You guys ready?
Let's go.
Come on!
Come on guys.
Here we are in Captain Mo's boat, the Victoria Amazonica.
From here, we're gonna discover
all the basins associated with the Amazon River.
- Look at this map.
The map tells us where we're going to be going.
Where did we start?
- [Child] In Miami Beach.
- [Penny] In Miami, and then we went to what river?
What's the name of the river?
- The Amazon River!
- The Amazon River,
and if you look very closely what are we at now?
- [Child] At the boat.
- [Penny] We're at the boat.
The map tells us we're at the boat.
And this tells us all the things
that we're gonna see while we're there.
- [Child] Crocodiles, floating house, a snake.
- [Penny] And what are those?
- [Child] Stingrays!
- [Penny] Stingrays, that's right.
And what is this?
- [Child] A piranha.
- A piranha.
We're gonna see all these things.
The map tells us where we're going
and now we're gonna go there.
Ms. Vanessa's gonna show us around.
Are you ready?
- Yeah.
- Let's go, guys.
- Yeah, here we go.
- So this mural was painted by artist Ray Troll
and he actually did this with a lot of scientists.
And all together here,
there's about 125 different species of animals here.
- Do you see the boat?
- [Child] Um, yeah.
- [Penny] That's a boat like we were on.
And what's in the tree next to the boat?
- [Children] A leopard.
- [Penny] Those are animals that live in the rainforest.
And how about this,
look at all the fish.
Where are the fish in?
- [Child] In the water, of course.
- [Penny] Right, the fish are in the water,
of course, they're in the river.
And how about the birds.
Where are the birds?
- [Children] In the sky.
- [Penny] The birds are in the sky.
We have different kinds of animals that live in the Amazon.
So we have fish in the water,
what do we have on the land?
Or in the trees?
- [Children] A leopard.
- That's right.
And look, what is flying in the sky?
Birds, that's right there's a lot of animals in the Amazon.
Would you like to find more out about them?
- Yeah.
- Okay, are you ready?
Ms. Vanessa's gonna show you.
- [Vanessa] Let's go, come on.
Many fish we see in our fish tanks
come from the Amazon River.
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Alright, guys, come on, let's go.
Check out all the stingrays,
let's see if we can see one.
- I wanna see one, I see one!
- [Vanessa] Do you see one, look at it!
- [Penny] Do you see his spots?
That's called camouflaging.
Because if he's in the rocks,
then you won't be able to see him.
And that's his stinger.
His tail, he's called a stingray
because his tail has a stinger.
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- [Child] He scares me.
- He can't get you, there's glass here.
- But he scares me when he comes up.
- What does he look like?
Describe him.
- [Child] A rock.
- He looks like a rock.
Well what does the word camouflage mean?
- [Child] It means to blend into something.
- That's right.
- [Child] Like a chameleon.
- [Penny] Let's play a camouflage game.
Match the stingray to its environment.
Stingrays hide so predators can't find and eat them.
Anaconda snakes camouflage too.
They blend into their environments
so they can sneak up on their prey and eat them.
This one ate a lot.
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People that live on the Amazon
have a fish festival every year.
They celebrate the fish that live in the river.
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- Wow, we had a really good time.
Thank you Ms. Vanessa,
for teaching us about the Amazon River.
We learned so much, what did we learn about?
- I know!
- What?
- Fish, snakes, stingrays.
- And at the end, did we have a party?
- Festival.
- A festival.
We learned so much, thank you.
- Thank you,
and thank you guys for coming.
Bye guys.
- Bye, thanks.
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