The teacher instructs the students how to create their own individual ant farms. The students use their candy ants as bait and set them by an ant mound. They collect ten or more ants for their farm. The students talk to their neighbor about where they have seen ants, or where ants live. Students listen attentively and make a mental note of the ant colony and all the jobs there.
Students reveal information they've just learned from the story.
The students use their candy ants as bait and set them by an ant mound. The class as a whole sets out to capture ants for their project. The candy ants are set by an ant mound and the ants are collected and put into clear plastic cups. The students names should be on the individual farm. The farms are all stored on a dark quiet shelf and left over night.