We kicked off the 2002-2003 school
year with ants. Through a study of ants we discovered the importance
of working together as a team.  |
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| We kicked off the 2002-2003 school
year with ants. Through a study of ants we discovered the importance
of working together as a team. |
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Here's our ant farm that we had in our science center. We used it for our observational journals.  The children kept an ant journal to record observations about the ants' behaviors. BACK |
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Antics! by Cathi Hepworth Ants (Nature Close-Up) by Elaine Pascoe Ant Are Fun by Mildred Myrick Ant Cities by Arthur Dorres Are You An Ant? by Judy Allen Hey, Little Ant by Phillip M. Hoose I Can't Said the Ant by Polly Cameron Inside an Ant Colony by Allen Fowler It's An Ant's Life by Steve Parker The Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet The Ant Bully by John Nickle The Fascinating World of Ants by Angels Julivert The Little Ant by David Novak The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb by Shirley Climo The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in It's Pants by Joanna Cole Thinking About Ants by Barbara Brenner Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg BACK |
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All About Ants Ants! Ants! Ants! You'll find loads of helpful links at this site. Ants and More Ants This site has great information and photos of ants. Ant Printouts Build an Ant Farm How to Draw Ants Lesson Exchange- Ants Life Cycle of an Ant- Enchanted Learning Little Me in a Big Wide World Lessons to incorporate ant s with character education. One Hundred Hungry Ants Lesson ideas to go with the book One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes. The Ants Go Marching A rebus song/poem from Enchanted Learning. BACK
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We ate some ant, themed snacks. Here are the goodies we made and enjoyed together: Fill , clean, cut, celery stalks with peanut butter. Top with some yummy ants (raisons of course). Each child will use 3 large marshmallows, 8 pretzel sticks and 2 M&M's (or other round candy). Use one pretzel to hold all 3 marshmallows together to form the body. Stick in 6 pretzels for legs (3 on each side). Break the remaining pretzel in half and use for antennae. The M&M's become the eyes. 1, 5oz box of raisins 10oz bag of chocolate chips wax paper (This will make about 20 small anthills) Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave or over a double boiler. Add the raisins and stir quickly. Use a teaspoon to drop "hills" onto wax paper. Cool completely then enjoy! We will read the Aesop fable, "The Ant and the Grasshopper" and turn it into a reader's theatre. We will perform it for our principal! Check back for the script as well as pictures. Present a variety of word problems involving ants. They can be introduced whole class, on cards in groups, or individually. The children use raisins to solve the problems. As a follow up, instruct the children to write and illustrate a math problem. Collect and bind in an "Ant Math" class book. Ant problem Ideas- 3 ants went walking down the stick. 5 more joined them. How many ants in all? 4 little ants found some sugar. 4 more ants came by. How many ants ate the sugar? 6 ants were carrying a cracker. 2 ants went away. How many ants are left? I see 5 ants on the plate. 2 more are on the table. How many ants do I see? Mary put 2 ants in the jar. Bill put in 3 more. How many did they put in the jar all together? BACK |