ANTS October Amazing Earth Kindergarten ANTS Ants are

ANTS October Amazing Earth Kindergarten

ANTS Ants are small and amazing insects!

3 TYPES OF ANT JOBS Female lays eggs lives 15 -20 years Males fertilize eggs live 1 -2 weeks Female Workers collect food build nest repair tunnels care for babies defend the colony live 1 -2 years

ANT COLONIES Ants live and work together in colonies • Underground series of chambers and tunnels • There are chambers for: Food Eggs Babies Sleeping • The queen has her own chamber • Colonies can be small or have millions of ants Click Here for Video See presentation notes if video doesn’t project

WHAT DO ANTS, PEOPLE, PLANTS AND ANIMALS NEED TO LIVE?

ANTS HELP THE EARTH • Ants add air to the soil by digging tunnels. • How do the tunnels help the Earth?

ANTS ARE STRONG • Ants are very, very strong. • They can lift things that are 20 times heavier than they are!

BODY § Three main body parts § Six legs § Taste, touch and smell with their antenna § ”Hear" by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet § Breath through tiny holes all over their body § Only the queen and males have wings

COOL FACTS ABOUT ANTS • Ants are very social and work together as a team. • Ants leave special scents as they walk around. • When an ant finds food it leaves a smell as it walks back to the colony. • The other worker ants line up and follow the smell back to the food. Amazing! • Ants live everywhere in the world except in ANTarctica, which is funny given the name!

Let’s Play the Community Game

ANT ACTIVITIES First Activity Everyone makes an ant with the 3 body parts Next Activities – Break Into Two Groups