Teacher
Information
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Daily
Plan
- Day 1
- Days 2-4
- Days 5-10
- Days 11-19
The Behavior
of Ants
Daily Plan
Day 5
- Ask students a second practice question: Do the ants prefer one type of seed over another?
- Provide the students with a testable hypothesis which should be read:The ants will take the smallest seeds they can find.
- If asked, provide the sudents with guidance as to how
to design the experiment.
Additional resources
Day 6
Students will go out and take data for the second question (Do ants prefer one type of seed over another?).
Day 7- Students will analyze their data and write their conclusions.
- The class will discuss the different ways that students chose to analyze their data and compare the various conclusions.
Day 8
Students will spend the period making observations and
writing down questions they may want to ask, along with possible hypotheses.
Additional
resources
Days 9 and 10
Students will spend two days in the library, where they will gather information about their questions.
The
University of Arizona
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
General Biology Program for Secondary Teachers
warder@email.arizona.edu
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
General Biology Program for Secondary Teachers
warder@email.arizona.edu
http://biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/lessons2/lessons.html
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