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Lesson
Plans
Amazing
Ants
A Debbie's
Unit Factory adventure in environmental awareness. This theme book
is written for grades K-3 and has everything you ever wanted to know about
ants in it. Your students will have fun while learning about the environment
and the world around them.
Amazing
Ants Science Card
Get a free science activity about ants. Food Fit For An Ant is a science
experiment that children in grades K-3 can complete.
Amazing
Ants Science Card PDF
Download the PDF version.
Insect
Songs
At this site you will find a collection of insect songs sung to familiar
tunes. Young children will enjoy learning these songs.
CISEO Homepage
This site uses insects in twenty different integrated lesson plans for
grades K-3. You will find lesson plans, rearing sheets that tell you how
to take care of insects and lots of information on insects.
Insects
in the Classroom - Course Material
Here is a collection of books about insects, songs sung to simple tunes
about insects, how to make an insect collection and ant farm.
Language Arts
K-3
Here is a lesson plan for grades K-3. Students think of things from an
ant's point of view and then write the human translation.
Language Arts
K-3
Students compare ant fables and stories using a venn diagram. This is a
lesson for grades K-3.
The Bug Club Pen Pals
Page
Interested in finding e-mail pals around the world that are studying insects?
Visit this page for a listing.
University
of Kentucky Department of Entomology
This site tells teachers and parents how to go about collecting insects
and teaching about them.
Bugs'
Bodies
This is a critical thinking lesson plan for grades 6-7. Students make a
model of a bug from their own perceptions and then through research alter
their model correctly.
Science
Center Lesson - Insect Study
Here is a lesson plan on insects for grades 2-3. An insect's
life cycle and body parts are the main emphasis.
Science
Center Lesson - Design Your Own Insect
This lesson plan allows the children to learn about an insect's body. Written
for grades 2-3.
Entomology
for beginners
A very basic site about insects. Great for primary grades. Children will
have fun clicking on the different body parts of the insect.
Specific
Ants
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter
Ants HYG-2063-94
Lots of information about the Carpenter Ant is provided
here. A good resource of information for your ant unit.
Antlions
Antlion
Pit: About Antlions
This is a good resource of information on antlions.
Fire Ants
Fire
Ants
This site talks about fire ants.
How Fire Ants
Live and Work
Read about fire ants here.
Bull Ants
Pavement Ants
Pavement
Ant
This site has information on the Pavement Ant.
Ants Of Costa Rica
Ants
of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
This site has information on ants of Costa Rica. You will find species
lists and images.
Leafcutter Ants
Ant
Exhibition at Harvard University
Fire and Leafcutter ants are discussed here.
Ant
Links
Ant Myths
Learn about ants here.
Steve's Ant Farm
Watch a video clip of an ant farm.
Insect-World Front Page
This site has information on a variety of insects including ants. It is
appropriate for elementary aged children.
Ant
Farm's Reading Room
Here is a site dedicated to Ants. You will find stories,
parables, descriptions of different varieties of ants and images of ants.
Entomology
on World-Wide Web (WWW)
This link provides many different locations on the
web for insects. This should be your first stop in your search for ants
and other insects.
Ant
Stories
The Grasshopper
and the Ants: Revised -- Page 1
Read a fable called 'The Grasshopper And The Ants.'
"How
the Ant Made a Bargain" by Karawynn Long
A folktale called 'How The Ant Made A Bargain' for you to read and enjoy.
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