My Family and Me

Ants

	Grade Level:	Third
	Health Topic:	Family life
	Subjects:	Health, Science, Language Arts, Math, Music

Time of year:Active after the last frost and before the first frost.

Overall Objective: The students will observe and record the activities of the ant colony at various times of the day. The students will report on observations and discuss the role of cooperation and contributions to a family unit. They will compare the social structure of ant colonies and their families.

Set-up
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Lesson Plan
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Set-up Includes teacher preparation and the materials needed for the lessons. Also, has links to pertinent activity sheets.		Lesson Plan Outlines and suggests how to carry out the lessons with relevant links to activity sheets.
Additions Offers extended options for the lessons, important definitions, links to activity sheets, and a bibliography.		Table of Contents Return to the table of contents for all lesson plans.