Ants Life Cycle | PBL STEAM Biomimicry Design Inspired by Nature

Your students will love learning about ants with green metallic bodies and ants that have small eyes since they live in the darkness. The aim of this project-based learning unit is to inspire students to ask questions, study ants, and use creative thinking to explore ideas. A perfect resource that provides your students with a chance to focus their attention on features and strategies that ants have developed. By applying nature’s strategies to problems new insights and ideas may emerge. You'll be amazed by how exploring ants can spark an interest in nature and help students to develop creative thinking skills.

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This inspiring Ant package contains:

1. Cards

2. Can you identify the different stages?

3. What is the connection between a larva and an ant?

4. What do larvae and ants eat?

5. Fun Facts

6. Metamorphosis Poem

7. Butterfly words - make your own dictionary

8. Ask the caterpillar Sparkling Questions about pupae and ants

9. Larvae are. . .

10. Ants are. . .

11. Life cycle

12. Ant anatomy

13. Ant heads

14. Skeleton on the outside

15. My Ant Gallery

16. Think diving for an ant detective - school rules

17. Think diving for an ant detective - the battle of the honeydew

18. Think diving for an ant detective - big blue butterfly - help needed!

19. Think diving for an ant detective - digging tunnels

20. Think diving for an ant detective - removal company ant's eggs

21. Reflection - assessment

22. How to use Biomimicry in the classroom

Why am I qualified to write these biomimicry resources? I was a member of BEN - Biomimicry Education Network - and a curator of educational resources at BEN. I am the author of the book Biomimicry with Theo & Tuva: Nature spotting inspires wild ideas. In 2015, I completed a course in Biomimicry: A Sustainable Design Methodology at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I took part in the Biomimicry Design Challenge in 2021.

Product Format:

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Number of pages - 26