ANTS

=ANTS! ANTS! ANTS!=

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Through the grant from the ** [|Clear Creek Education Foundation] ** I was able to purchase an ant farm to support our science curriculum for the 4th nine weeks. The grant also provided our class with a digital microscope. Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of this page to see an incredible sight from right inside our ant farm! =====

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The pictures below shows 2 guard ants deciding which ants can come into their colony and which ants cannot. We have learned that the guard ants use their antennaes to smell other ants and figure out if they belong to the colony or not. These 2 guard ants did a fantastic job!=====

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First they noticed that when I added the ants to their new habitat, they were very still and curled into a ball. They realized that I had faked the ants into hibernation by keeping them cold in the fridge.=====

The dead ants have been moved to the top by the housekeeper ants.
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