Appleseeds articles from April 2001

Appleseeds archives from April 2001

ENCOUNTERS WITH ENCANTADOS.(pink dolphins of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers)
April 1, 2001... You're traveling to a world that is full of water. In the Amazon River basin, the wet season lasts half the year. During the rainiest part of the wet season, from March through May, it rains every day. It doesn't rain all day, but it rains...

Exploring by Camera.(photographer Joel Sartore explores Madidi National Park in Bolivia)
April 1, 2001... Taking photographs can be an adventure. Just ask Joel Sartore, a photographer who spent seven weeks exploring Madidi National Park with his camera. Madidi is in Bolivia, a country along the western border of the Amazon rain forest. Armed with...

AN UNLIKELY ADVENTURER.(Henry Walter Bates )
April 1, 2001... Henry Walter Bates was born in 1825. He grew up and worked in a city in England. But he was always interested in nature. At age 23, he and a friend set off to explore the Amazon River. They arrived in Brazil in 1848--and Bates stayed...

Scaly Wing.(butterflies)
April 1, 2001... Their Latin name is Lepidoptera (lep-i-DOP-ter-rah), or "scaly wing." But people call them daggerwings and checkerspots, buckeyes and brushfoots. There are more than 15,000 kinds of these creatures, and they live in almost every corner of the...

A Room Full of Butterflies.(how to make a hanging butterfly)
April 1, 2001... (Let each step dry before going on to the next.) 1. With the plate right side up, draw a butterfly. Cut it out, cutting into the lower wing. 2. Measure and cut a pipe cleaner 7 inches long. Fold it in half. Glue the folded end to the...

A SOURCE OF CONTROVERSY.(source of Amazon River)
April 1, 2001... High in the Andes Mountains of Peru, alpacas and llamas grazing on the sparse stiff grasses may well wonder at the occasional groups of people who slowly climb the steep trails. These climbers don't resemble the tanned and sure-footed Indians...

POROROCA!(extreme surfing on Amazon River)
April 1, 2001... EXTREME SURFING ON THE AMAZON Surfing on a river? Every year, surfers gather for a championship on the Amazon River. They call it "Amazon not-com." Ocean tides smash up the Amazon twice a day. The tides cause a wave 15 feet high to...

THE BACKSTRAP LOOM.(Amazon basin weaving technique)
April 1, 2001... One Strip of Fabric at a Time Take two sticks and some string--what do you get? A strip of fabric! For thousands of years, native people of the Amazon basin have woven fabric on backstrap looms. This simple tool was ideal for life in the...

HUNTING FOR POISONS.(plants from the Amazon River Region that have medicinal purposes)
April 1, 2001... Do you notice plants and collect leaves and flowers, pressing them between the pages of a book? That's exactly what plant explorer Richard Evans Schultes first did when he went to Colombia, South America, in 1941. Seeing a tiny orchid, he...

Saving the Sea Turtles.(British Guyana)
April 1, 2001... I had come to a different world. There were no electric lights, running water, or telephones. Huts with leafy roofs stood near the ocean's edge. By the edge of the thick rain forest, a wooden outhouse rested on the sand. Papayas hung from the...

WHERE DO I LIVE?(Amazon rain forest animals)
April 1, 2001... Thousands of animals live in the Amazon rain forest. There the treetops form the canopy that covers the forest like an umbrella. It is a good place for animals to fly or swing from limb to limb. The understory is a mass of small trees,...

So Many Species.(in the Amazon River Region)
April 1, 2001... More than one-third of all species, or types of life, make the Amazon region their home. An area the size of your school property might hold 400 bird species, 100 reptile species, 125 mammal species, and many more living things. 1. About...

Branching Out.(web sites about environmental organizations)
April 1, 2001... Many groups are working to help preserve the natural riches of the Amazon region and the cultures of the people who live there. Check out these groups and their Web sites and find out what they're doing! Rainforest Conservation Fund -- ...

Mailbag.
April 1, 2001... PRESIDENTIAL SEAL REDESIGN (from Inside the White House, September 2000) "I made the change because I think everyone should stick together." by Gina Marie Preyer, 3rd Grade Bluff School, Claremont, New Hampshire by Paul...