Ant Unit Study

In this unit study we learned about ant anatomy, the ant life cycle, ant jobs, ant colonies, types of ants, and ant enemies. We spent some time outside for this unit study so I would recommend doing it during nicer weather.  I did this unit study with my 1st grader and I recommend it for Kindergarten to 3rd grade.

Day 1 Ant Anatomy

Day 2 Ant Live Cycle

Day 3 Ant Jobs

Day 4 Ant Colony

Day 5 Types of Ants

Day 6 Ant Enemies

 

Ant Book List 

Book can be read by the child or by the parent to the child, depending on the child’s reading level.

Books I used in the lessons

Tiny Workers by Nancy Loewen

The Life Cycle of an Ant by Trevor terry & Margaret Linton

Ant Colony by Kathy Furgang

Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros

Ant by Rebecca Stefoff

Giant Anteater by Sara Antill

Dear Deer by Gene Barretta

The Ant and the Grasshopper by Mark White

The Ants go Marching! By Dan Crisp

Ants at the Picnic by Michael Dahl

Truman’s Aunt Farm by Jama Kin Rattigan

Other age appropriate books…

The Ants Go Marching One by One by Richard Bernal

One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes

The Magic School But Gets Ants in its Pants by Joanna Cole

Little Black Ant on Park Street by Janet Halfmann

Look Inside an Ant Nest by Megan Cooley Peterson

What’s it like to be an Ant? By Jinny Johnson

Ant by Karen Hartley and Chris Macro

Ant Webvideos:

VeggieTalesSchool House Polka – YouTube

http://www.slideshare.net/bright9977/12-life-lessons-from-tiny-ants-7173883 (12 slides about ants)

Ant Movies:

The Magic School Bus Gets Ants In It’s Pants by Scholastic

Here are some of our other Elementary Unit Studies: