Mrs. Armstrong's Blog

We recently read a story about ants in our blue textbooks. It was so fun to read! There were lots of zoomed-in photographs of ants at work, at play, and in their nests. We thought it would fun to make a model of an ant's nest out of beans and paper. The beans are supposed to be the dirt in the ant's nest (or anthill). Did you know that ants dig many tunnels throughout their nest? Inside there are many chambers, including: the sleeping chamber, queen's chamber, nursery (where worker ants take care of eggs and larvae), and a food chamber (similar to a kitchen in our homes where ants store food). We labeled our nest with these important rooms. The ants inside of our nest are us! See if you can spot the queen ant!