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ANT FARMERS:
(ANTS & THREE LEAVES)
© BENCE MATE/
NATUREPL.COM; (ANT
CUTTING LEAF) © KONRAD
WOTHE/MINDEN PICTURES;
(ANTS WITH FUNGUS) ©
MARK MOFFETT/MINDEN
PICTURES; (PENNY) PETE
SPIRO/SHUTTERSTOCK;
(QUEEN) © PIOTR
NASKRECKI/MINDEN
PICTURES; (WORKERS AND
SOLDIER) © ALEX
HYDE/NATUREPL.COM, ©
PIOTR NASKRECKI/MINDEN
PICTURES; (ANTS & ONE
LEAF) JUAN CARLOS
VINDAS/MOMENT/GETTY
IMAGES; (NEST
ILLUSTRATION) PRECISION
GRAPHICS/LACHINA;
(ANTS & LEAF PILE) © ALEX
HYDE/NATUREPL.COM;
(FACE CLOSE UP) © SOLVIN
ZANKL/NATUREPL.COM;
(MARK MOFFETT) MARK
MOFFETT/MINDEN PICTURES
/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
CREATIVE; (ANTS ON
FINGER & LEG) © MARK
MOFFETT/MINDEN
PICTURES; (LEAF
BACKGROUND) KOMKRIT
PREECHACHANWATE/
SHUTTERSTOCK.

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(ANTS CUTTING LEAVES)
ATELOPUS/CREATAS
VIDEO+/GETTY IMAGES PLUS;
(ANTS CARRYING LEAVES)
NATURE STOCK SHOTS/IMAGE
BANK FILM/GETTY IMAGES.

THE MIGHTY MEKONG:
(FOUR IMAGES OF ZEB
HOGAN & FISH) ZEB HOGAN;
(MEKONG RIVER)
JAKKREETHAMPITAKKULL
/ROOM/GETTY IMAGES; (MAPS)
MAPPING SPECIALISTS,
LTD; (CATFISH) © ROLAND
SEITRE/NATUREPL.COM;
(JINGHONG DAM) XINHUA/
ALAMY STOCK PHOTO;
(FISHERMEN) ZEB HOGAN.

LEARNING FRAMEWORK
(BOY WITH WHEELBARROW)
JOSE LUIS PELAEZ INC/
BLEND IMAGES/GETTY
IMAGES; (MAKING BIRD
HOUSE) JIM WEST/ALAMY
STOCK PHOTO.

VIDEO:
(ZEB HOGAN VIDEO) NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE.

LAKE TOUR:
(SPOTTED LAKE) ROLF
HICKER PHOTOGRAPHY/
ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (JELLYFISH LAKE) ©
PETER VERHOOG/
BUITEN-BEELD/MINDEN
PICTURES; (LAKE NATRON)
PAUL & PAVEENA MCKENZIE/
OXFORD SCIENTIFIC/GETTY
IMAGES; (SPOTTED LAKE)
MICHAEL WHEATLEY/ALAMY
STOCK PHOTO; (LAKE
BAIKAL) BYRON TANAPHOL
PRUKSTON/MOMENT/GETTY
IMAGES; (SPOTTED LAKE)
GUNTER MARX PHOTOGRAPHY/
CORBIS DOCUMENTARY/
GETTY IMAGES; (ALL MAPS)
MAPPING SPECIALISTS, LTD;
(LAKE NATRON) © GERRY
ELLIS/MINDEN PICTURES;
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PHOTO LIBRARY/ALAMY
STOCK PHOTO; (LAKE
BAIKAL) © OLGA KAMENSKAYA/
NATUREPL.COM;
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GETTY IMAGES; (DIVER)
© MICHELE WESTMORLAND/
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© HIROYA MINAKUCHI/MINDEN
PICTURES; (BOILING LAKE)
GEORGE H.H. HUEY/ALAMY
STOCK PHOTO; (GREENLAND)
JASON EDWARDS/NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE.

SOUTH AMERICA MAPS:
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(BACKGROUND) KOMKRIT PREECHACHANWATE/SHUTTERSTOCK; POLITICAL MAP (DANCER)
JUICE IMAGES/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (MACHU PICCHU) ANNA STOWE TRAVEL/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO;
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DER FOTOGRAFEN GMBH/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (COWBOY) NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/ALAMY
STOCK PHOTO; PHYSICAL MAP (ANGEL FALLS) VADIM PETRAKOV/SHUTTERSTOCK; (PAMPAS)
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THERIN-WEISE/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (LLAMA) ERIC ISSELEE/SHUTTERSTOCK; (LAKE TITICACA) BBA
TRAVEL/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO.

Ant Farmers

WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES

As you read, think about
how these ants use plants
as food in a unique way.

The Mighty Mekong

THE HUMAN JOURNEY

As you read, think about how
human activities are changing
the Mekong River.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

LEARNING FRAMEWORK ATTITUDES AND SKILLS

Lake Tour

OUR CHANGING PLANET

As you read, think about
the variety of lakes
on Earth's surface.

South America Political and Physical Maps