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My goal is for my students to observe and have a deep understanding of how ants work together as a community to survive.

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Ants Alive!

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School:
Pelican Marsh Elementary 
Subject:
Science 
Teacher:
Kristen Akers 
Students Impacted:
20 
Grade:
3 
Date:
August 6, 2015

Investor

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Jessica Tucker - $44.49

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 60

My goal was for my students to observe and gain a deeper understanding of how ants work together in a community to survive. As soon as I presented the idea to the students you could feel the excitement in the room. We waited patiently for our ants to arrive. While we waited, we were studying the parts of an ant, how to classify an ant, along with many interesting facts about ants. Once our ants arrived we got to work journaling daily about what we observed. The students became alive with wonder at that point. They just couldn’t wait to see what would happen next. Our ants survived for longer than expected and we were able to share that with other classrooms. It is one thing to talk about the process but it is a completely different thing to experience it. It were lessons my students will never forget.

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The First 10 minutes of the ants in their new habi

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After 17 hours

 

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Day 2, look at how much they have createded in suc

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Final product after several weeks.

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

My goal is for my students to observe and have a deep understanding of how ants work together as a community to survive.  

 

What will be done with my students

Students will observe AntWorks Illuminated habitat which provides an excellent visibility so the students can see ant antics up close! They will deeper understand more about how Harvester ants create a community and how they live together in their habitat. Students will keep journals of the ant progress. 

 

Benefits to my students

This project will greatly benefit my students in helping them deeper understand the animal world. This project will also focus on the science standards taught in 3rd grade.  

 

Budget Narrative

I attended the grant writing class and learned how easy the grant writing process can be! I am so excited that all 3rd grade students at Pelican Marsh will be able to observe the ants at work. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 AntWorks Illumanated $32.99
2 Ants $5.00
3 shipping and handling $6.50
  Total: $44.49

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