Lesson Plan

Ants Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Run a pheromone experiment, do the strength math, and meet the ant man himself.

This is the Bigs Edition of Ants: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: Can a colony be smarter than any single ant in it?

The Week

• Mon: The Ant Man (Reading) • Tue: Pest or Partner? (Writing & Words) • Wed: Erase the Trail (Science & Math) • Thu: Map the Trails (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Colony Intelligence Talk (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Ants has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Erase the Trail
• Sequence cards (How a Trail Forms) and a cut-and-sort page (Queen, Worker or Male?)
• Writing page: Pest or Partner?
• Hands-on project: Trail Survey Map
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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