Fill one of the bottle caps with the sugar water and the second with the artificial sweetener mixture. Be sure to remember which solution is the sugar and which is the sweetener. Place the caps near the ants. Explanation Ants know the difference between artificial sweetener and real sugar. They went directly to the real sugar because it contains the nature compounds that they eat.
Artificial sweeteners contain chemical compounds that are developed in laboratories.
Materials ants cookies Procedure Find an outside area where there are ants. Crumble the cookies into small crumbs and place crumbs on the ground near the ants. Watch the ants to see where they carry the crumbs. Explanation Ants like the sweetness of cookie crumbs and take them home to their anthills to share with the rest of the ants. Ants have a very social structure.