The Ant’s Nest
A Huge, Underground City
Bearport Publishing, 2010
ISBN # 978-1-59716-868-7
NF grades 3-5
“Just as human cities are made up of many building, ant nests are made up of many chambers. In each changer, the insects perform a different task to meet the colony’s needs.”
One of six in the series Spectacular Animal Towns, The Ant’s Nest details ant facts, from a spectacular mound found in England to a rare new species, with plenty of life cycle information packed in between. Bold, captioned photos add interest and additional facts and labeled diagrams provide further information. New vocabulary is in bold in the main text and defined in the glossary. A chart provides a comparison of three species of ants and a “More Animal Towns” section summarizes two other insects that build and live in nests. The book includes a bibliography, read more section, and an index.
Activity 1
Use the information from the book to create and label a diagram illustrating the ant’s life cycle.
Activity 2 (for older students)
Look up another species of ant and add the facts learned about that ant to the chart on p. 28.
This site shows the ant life cycle.
You can find more ant information here.
Take an ant fact quiz and explore the links to more fun learning about ants with Roberta’s blog, Wild About Ants.
Search Roberta’s blog for more insect facts.
Here’s a site with terrific lessons.
National Science Standard: characteristics of organisms; life cycle of organisms
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