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.
When one ant finds a food source like a cookie, it leaves a trail for the other ants and tells them where to find the food. Ants do not fight over the cookie crumbs. Instead, they cooperate so that all the ants have food. Ants are also very strong for their size. An ant can carry a crumb that is three times its body size.