Amazing Ants: Simple Sidewalk Science

About this curriculum

This book guides students through the process of developing a series of experiments with ants—one of the easiest live animals to acquire and use in a scientific setting. It includes information about how to find, bait, and identify ants; how to conduct experiments using ants; how to analyze and present the data gathered; resources for further exploration; and more. Ants are an interesting and convenient introduction to science for young people who want to learn about the process of science and the design of scientific experiments, as well as those interested in biology. This book, which is both an instruction book and a research notebook, guides students through the process of developing a series of experiments with ants—one of the easiest live animals to acquire and use in a scientific setting. It includes information about how to find, bait, and identify ants; how to conduct experiments using ants; how to analyze and present the data gathered; resources for further exploration; and more. Although it is written for the students themselves, it also contains an ins…