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Chapter 6

Children often bear the burden of walking miles each day to find water in streams and ponds. Sickness and the time lost fetching it robs entire communities of their futures.

Salva's uncle helped the starving group by hunting an antelope. This allowed everyone to nourish their bodies with some protein.  Have you ever seen an antelope?  Watch the video above to learn a bit about these interesting animals that live on the African plains.

Reader's Response

If you had to choose to be either Nya or Salva, whose shoes would you rather walk in.  Explain your reasoning.

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The best way to learn new words, and actually add them to your everyday vocabulary, is to...

1.  READ the meaning

2.  THINK ABOUT the meaning

3.  WRITE the meaning in your own words

Try this method, as you work through the activities in The Blue Planet!

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