Ants Life Cycle | PBL STEAM Biomimicry Design Inspired by Nature

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Your students will love learning about ants with green metallic bodies and ants that have small eyes since they live in the darkness. The aim of this project-based learning unit is to inspire students to ask questions, study ants, and use creative thinking to explore ideas. A perfect resource that provides your students with a chance to focus their attention on features and strategies that ants have developed. By applying nature’s strategies to problems new insights and ideas may emerge. You'll be amazed by how exploring ants can spark an interest in nature and help students to develop creative thinking skills.
This resource has been prepared so that your students can use it on digital devices. I have selected suitable slides for you, you need to insert text boxes and you can also add instructions for your students.
Contact me at maliasa@live.com if you have any questions, thanks.
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This inspiring Ant package contains:
1. Cards
2. Can you identify the different stages?
3. What is the connection between a larva and an ant?
4. What do larvae and ants eat?
5. Fun Facts
6. Metamorphosis Poem
7. Butterfly words - make your own dictionary
8. Ask the caterpillar Sparkling Questions about pupae and ants
9. Larvae are. . .
10. Ants are. . .
11. Life cycle
12. Ant anatomy
13. Ant heads
14. Skeleton on the outside
15. My Ant Gallery
16. Think diving for an ant detective - school rules
17. Think diving for an ant detective - the battle of the honeydew
18. Think diving for an ant detective - big blue butterfly - help needed!
19. Think diving for an ant detective - digging tunnels
20. Think diving for an ant detective - removal company ant's eggs
21. Reflection - assessment
22. How to use Biomimicry in the classroom
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Why am I qualified to write these biomimicry resources? I was a member of BEN - Biomimicry Education Network - and a curator of educational resources at BEN. I am the author of the book Biomimicry with Theo & Tuva: Nature spotting inspires wild ideas. In 2015, I completed a course in Biomimicry: A Sustainable Design Methodology at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I took part in the Biomimicry Design Challenge in 2021.
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