Amazing Ants
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Science | |
| Author | Carol Hastie
Joy Jackson Sharon Stenson | |
| Description | Through the investigation of ants, students will learn to cooperate, collaborate, and socialize while learning basic skills. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computers with Internet access
Word processing program (Student Writing Center, Write Along, etc.) Kidspiration software Overhead projector LCD projector Calculators Cassette/CD player | |
| Grade Level | K 1 2 | |
| National Standards | Language Arts
Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes Mathematics Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics Science Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment Understands the nature of scientific inquiry Understands the nature of scientific knowledge Health Classifies foods and food combinations according to the food groups Fine Arts Uses visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas | |
| Keywords | ants
insects life cycle picnic metamorphosis myrmecology hundred days | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1: How Bad are the Ants?
Lesson 2: Ants in your Pants Lesson 3: Marching Ants Lesson 4: Ant-nat-omy Lesson 5: Being Observ-ant | |
| References | Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros Enchanted Learning website Teacher Created Materials: Thematic Unit - Ants | |
| English IGO or CSO | K.1, K.2, K.10, K.12, K.13,K.20, K.26, K.27, K.30, K.46, K.47, K.48, K.51, K.52, K.53, K.54, K.56, K.58, K.59, K.60, K.63, K.64, K.65, K.66, K.67, K.68, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 1.14, 1.17,1.20, 1.22, 1.26, 1.38, 1.39,
1.58, 1.65 1.66, 1.67, 1.68, 1.18, 1.22, 1.24, 1.26, 1.32, 1.38, 1.38, 1.58, 1.65, 1.67, 1.68, 1.69, 1.73, 1.78, 1.81, 1.93,1.96, 1.97,1.98, 1.108, 1.110, 1.113, 1.114, 1.115, 2.5, 2.6, 2.11, 2.12, 2.19, 2.26, 2.34, 3.35, 2.70, 2.71, 2.72, 2.73, 2.74, 2.75, 2.77, 2.79, 2.80, 2.81, 2.83, 2.99, 2.100, 2.103, 2.113, 2.119, 2.121, 2.122, 2.124, 2.125 | |
| Fine Arts IGO or CSO | K.2, K.6, K.7, K.15, K.29, 1.5, 1.6, 1.17, 1.30, 2.12, 2.28 | |
| Health IGO or CSO | K.1, K.23, 1.1, 1.32, 1.37, 2.1, 2.27 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | K.3, K.8, K.10, K.11, K.12, K.13, K.14, K.31, K.32, K.33, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.10, 1.45, 1.46, 2.1, 2.7, 2.9, 2.12, 2.23, 2.50, 2.52, 2.57 | |
| Science IGO or CSO | K.1, K.4, K.5, K.6, K.8, K.12, K.14, K.15, K.17, K.19, K.20, K.23, K.27, K.28, K.29, K.32, K.33, K.67, K.68, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.12, 1.17, 1.19, 1.24, 1.25, 1.29, 1.31, 1.33, 1.34, 1.80, 2.4, 2.6, 2.10, 2.17, 2.22, 2.23, 2.26, 2.29 | |