Ants

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You are about to discover many interesting facts about ants. You will:

  • observe ants.
  • read books about ants.
  • research ants using the Internet.

New Terms:

  • Insects
  • Anatomy
  • Habitat
  • Behavior

Observation:

  • Observe an ant or ants.
  • Make an observational drawing of an ant.
  • Write a description of an ant.

Readings:

  • Choose two books and read about ants.
  • Share what you learn with the class.

Using the Internet:

Click on the underlined words in the sentences. Answer the questions in the boxes provided.

  1. Find out about the Carpenter Ant.


  2. Do you like the Amazon Ant?



  3. How big is the Supercolony of the Incredible Ants?



  4. What do the Harvester Ants do?



  5. How do ants get food to their home?



  6. Do you think that this comic is funny?

Projects:

  • Use a map to show the habitat location of the ants you researched.
  • Bring an ant farm to school and record your daily observations for one month.
  • Draw an ant comic.
  • Create a clay or paper mache model of an ant's home.
  • Write a story about ants.
  • Choose one of the following questions or facts about ants below, and give a report to the class.

      1. When are ants called pests?
      2. How are ants able to smell?
      3. Who or what eats ants?
      4. How does an ant grow?
      5. Do most ants eat sweets?
      6. Ants live together in a colony.
      7. Ants can lift things much bigger than they are.
      8. Ants eat almost anything from seeds to dead animals.
      9. Ants can be yellow, brown, red or black.
      10. Ants can live in tunnels, in the ground, in a mound, or in wood.
      11. Each colony has a queen.
      12. Workers collect food for the colony and care for the young ants.

References

Suggested Books for the Students:

Pallotta, Jerry (1992).
The Icky Bug Counting Book. MA: Charlesbridge Publishing
Snedden, Robert (1992)
What is an Insect? London: Belitha Press Limited
Parker, Nancy Winslow & Wright, Joan Richards (1987)
Bugs New York: Greenwillow Books
Dorros, Arthur (1987)
Ant Cities New York: Harper Collins Publishers
Rowan, James P.
Ants Florida: The Rourke Corporation, Inc.
Kalman, Bobbie (1994)
Bugs and Other Insects New York: Crabtree Publishing Company