Tag: Chile
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San Antonio, the port city for Santiago, Chile
#flatstanley #flathal #chile Flat Hal was amused when he discovered he and Flat Stanley were visiting San Antonio. That’s the name of a city “not far” from home in Texas. Have you ever looked up your city name to see if there are other towns with the same name in other states/provinces or countries? According…
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70th Meridian West, a little time zone help, please?
#flathal #flatstanley #map #70thmeridianwest #chile Find the 70th meridian west on a map… meridian is another word for longitude, so we are looking for a line going up over and around the height of the Earth. (In our previous journal we talked about how longitude lines are long, and latitudes have attitude and wrap the…
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Christo de la Concordia de Arica – Christ of Peace (or Harmony) of Arica, Chile
#flatstanley #flathal #arica #chile #statue If you have ever seen a movie with scenes in the city of Rio de Janeiro then you have probably seen the statue known as Christ the Redeemer. It is huge, and stands atop a mountain overlooking Rio. Movies use something called an “establishing shot” a brief image to let…
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Birds Near the Cruise Ship Pier in Arica, Chile
#flathal #flatstanley #arica #chile #birding Gray Gull, Franklin’s Gull and Laughing Gull were all out in the water, can you help us identify which is which? Who do you “flock together” with? Do your friends play sports together? Other types of games? What do you enjoy doing together?