All About Ants

From PLUM LANDING · 2014

All About Ants
1 min1st2nd3rd4thScience
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Summary

With a field book, a magnifying glass and two crayons, Brad and Clementine uncover the hidden world of ants. A quick, close-up look at how ants live and work together.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

The kids get up close with ants to see how they live and work in groups.

  1. What did the kids use to observe the ants?
  2. How do ants help each other in their colony?
  3. Why is living in a group good for an ant?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: ant, colony, group.

Try it: Draw an ant colony and label one job the ants do to help the group survive.