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= __ Ants - Ms. Azzolina's Class __ = Students in Ms. Azzolina's Class are studying Ants. They ordered an Ant farm to observe the ants in their habitat. Students are learning about the parts of the ant and how they work together to survive. Through the inquiry process students will collaborate to gain new learning and answer our essential questions.

Why are insects important? How are insects helpful to us? How are insects harmful to us? How to insects survive?
 * Essential Questions: **

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__ Background Knowledge: __ They have different body parts - Jaydyn They dig with their jaws - Luscio They are insects - India They eat dirt - Delylah They live in a home - Alyssa That they make big holes in the ground - Hunter They can bite - Amirah Ants can carry people's food away - Shaun They use their jaws to dig holes - Shaun They have six legs - Rachel Their is a queen ant - Lauren Fire ants sting - McKenzie Ants can carry a lot of weight - Delylah



__ New Learning: __ They can smell with their legs - Shaun They have sticky legs to crawl on walls - Shaun They have clawed feet to help them climb - Nicholas The queen ants job is to lay the eggs - Amirah They live mounds of dirt - India They need to have a home or else they will die from the weather - Angelo Um they can't see that good, they need to be really close to an object - India Ants work together in groups, there are different groups within a colony - Ben Ants have colonies - Ben Other ants colonies don't work together - Amirah They have jointed legs - Lauren They have 3 pairs of jointed legs - Ms. Azzolina They can hear with their legs - Shaun The heart is located in their abdomen - Ivan They have a head, thorax and abdomen - Owen Ants have a stinger at the back of the abdomen - India Ants work together to survive - Angelo Petiole connects the thorax and abdomen and allows them to bend in tunnels - Ms. Azzolina There are honey ants - Lauren Ants share honey when they get it - Shaun Some ants have a little hole on their abdomen - Hunter There are more than 10,000 types of ants - Alyssa They have antennae which is more than one antenna - McKenzie If they damage their antennae they won't get along with their colony - Nicholas They use their mandibles to dig - Lauren They can dig huge tunnels - India Ants have hair - Ivan



__ What we still wonder: __

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