1. October Amazing Earth Kindergarten
Ants
October Amazing Earth
Kindergarten

2. ants Ants are Small & Amazing Insects! Let’s talk about:
Three types of ants and their special jobs
Where they live
Their body
Other fun facts!

3. Female Workers collect food
3 types of ants
The queen can produce millions of babies in her lifetime
Female Workers collect food
build nest
repair tunnels
care for babies
defend the colony
live 1-2 years
Female
lays eggs
lives years
Male
fertilizes eggs
lives 1-2 weeks

4. Ant colonies Ants live and work together in colonies
These can be small or have millions of ants
Underground series of chambers and tunnels
There are chambers for:
The queen has her own chamber
Food
Eggs
Babies
Sleeping
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5. Body Three main body parts Six legs
Taste, touch and smell with their antenna
”Hear" by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet
Breath through tiny holes all over their body
Only the queen and males have wings
Ants ”talk” to each other by touching their antennas

6. How strong are ants? Ants are very, very strong.
They can lift things that are 20x heavier than they are!
That’s like your mom or dad being able to lift up a car!

7. How to do ants help the earth?
Ants add air to the soil by digging tunnels.
Why is it important to aerate the soil?
Why is it important to aerate the soil? This allows water and nutrients to reach plant roots which helps plants grow.

8. Cool facts about ants Over 12,000 ant species in the world
Live the longest of all insects
Existed for more than 100 million years
Live on every single continent except one. Which one?
The largest ant’s nest ever found was over 3,700 miles wide with millions of nests and billions of ants!
Ants are found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica, which is funny given the name ANTarctica!