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Each child needs a transparent plastic bottle and a cardboard box in which they can introduce the bottle (in order to keep it in the darkness). We will drop something sweet in the bottle (this will attract the ants) and leave the bottle in the playground, the park or another place in which we can find ants. When we have some ants inside the bottle, we will introduce little by little, some leaves, grass and humid soil in it. We will be able to observe how the ants built caves, tunnels and paths, or, what is the same, how they build the ant feeder. We will introduce the bottle in the box in order to create the adequate environment. We can also introduce some earthworms in the bottle; then we will see how they move the soil. Each child will draw his/her ant feeder and will hang it from the wall of the classroom. When we have finished observing the ants and what they do, we will return them back to their natural habitat. |
