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1. The Questions
How do ants grow and change?
How does an adult ant look?
What can ants do?
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2. Information Sources
• Use the following sites to help find information about ants.
• Stranger than Fiction: Ant Feats - http://home.att.net/~B-P.TRUSCIO/STRANGER.htm
• http://www.bubblegum-productions.com/anthony/ants.htm
• http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/insects/ant/
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3. The Student Activity
Use the information you have learned about ants to fill in the blanks in the diagram.
Use the diagram to complete your project.
Ants have ___ body
parts.
Ants have ___ legs.
An ant begins asan ____. It hatches
Into a_____.
The larvachangesinto an _____.
Ants can______.
Ants can_____.
Ants can______.
AllAboutAnts
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4. The Assessment Activity
1. Build an ant with the correct number of body parts and legs. 2. Write 3 sentences that tell what ants can do. 3. Complete the ant life cycle diagram.
Life Cycle of an Ant
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An ant begins as an _______.
It hatches
Into a______.
The larva
changesinto an _____.
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What else do you know about ants? Draw or write an interesting fact you have learned about ants.
6. Teacher Support Materials
Curriculum standards and learning objectives that the lesson addresses.
• Curriculum Standards
• Life Science
• Standard 1
• Recognize that animals and plants are living things that grow and change.
• Recognize that animals and plants need food, air, and water.
• Standard 3
• Identify the stages in the life cycle of given plants and animals.
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