Extensions Brainstorm setting up classroom tasks on a chart and model cooperation after the "ant model." (Board eraser, messenger, line leader, shelf organizer, etc.) Use model in class. Using the ant as a character and information learned from the lesson, have the students create their own fantasy story about their life as an ant. Draw maps of the school yard and mark the location of active ant colonies. Compare and contrast the human body and the ant body in conjunction with the other comparisons. Create family trees of the students' families. Brainstorm other student ideas for extensions. Words with Special Meanings (for understanding only, not to be tested) Ant colony: a group of ants living in a common community. Community: a group whose members live in the same place or share the same history, government or religion. Contribution: giving to others. Cooperation: working or acting together with others. Family: a group of people who are related to or have adopted each other and who may live together. Hypothesis (hypotheses, plural): a tentative explanation for a question that can be tested using experimentation. Observe: to look at and pay special attention to what something does, what it looks like, and how it changes. Predict: to guess what you believe will happen. Role: a function taken on by someone. Social: living with others. Bibliography Blaine, Marge. The Terrible Thing that Happened to Our House. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1975. Cameron, Polly. I Can't Said The Ant. New York: Scholastic Books, 1961 Clay, Pat. Ants. London: A.& C. Black, 1984 Crowder, Jack. Tonibah and the Rainbow. Upper Strata Ink, Inc. P.O. Box 250, Bernilillo, 87004, New Mexico, 1986 Dorros, Arthur. Ant Cities. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987. Fischer-Nagel, Heiderose and Andreas. An Ant Colony. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1989 Gauch, Patricia Lee. Christina Katerina and the Time She Quit the Family. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987 Garaway, Margaret Kehn. Ashkii & His Grandfather. Tucson, AZ: Treasure Chest Publications, Inc. P.O. Box 5250, 85703-0250, 1989 Hill, Elizabeth Starr. Evan's Corner. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967 Jenness, Aylette. Families. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1990 Johnston, Tony. Yonder. New York: Scholastic Books, 1988 Lionni, Leo. Frederick. Illustrated by the author. New York: Pantheon Books, 1967. Lionni, Leo. Swimmy. New York: Random House, 1963 Lvenn, Nancy. Nessa's Fish. New York: Atheneum, 1990 Modesitt, Jeanne and Lonnie S. Johnson. The Story of Z. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, 1990 Myrick, Mildred. Ants Are Fun. New York: Harper and Row, 1968 Omerod, Jan. 101 Things to do with a Baby. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, 1984 Parkinson, Kathy. The Enormous Turnip. Niles, Illinois: Albert Whitman & Company, 1986. Peet, Bill. The Ant and the Elephant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972 Project W.I.L.D Elementary Activities Guide, Salina Star Rte., Western Regional Environmental Education Council, Boulder, CO, 81983 Suzuki, David. Looking at Insects. New York: Warner Books, 1987 Van Allsburg, Chris. Two Bad Ants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988 Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother. Illustrated by the author. New York: Greenwillow Books (Wm. Morris & Co.), 1982.

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