The Ants | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Anatomy

There is much discussion throughout the text of ant anatomy. Choose one ant species and draw a poster indentifying each of the ant's body parts. You may use the chapter "Classification and Origins" as an example of how this illustration should be completed. Bring the poster to class and hang it up for display.

2. Life Cycle

Most ants go through a similar life and reproductive cycle. Using the information given in the test, create a poster of the ant life...
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