A multi-day lesson for middle school biology on the behavior of ants, by David Shindleman of the Biology Project at the University of Arizona: “The primary goal of this lesson is for students to be able to use the steps of the Scientific Method to independently develop and test their own ideas through experimentation with ants. To accomplish this goal, students take part in a four-part study of the behavior of ants.”

A multi-day lesson leading to the creation of an antfarm, developed by WNET TV in New York.

Do a scavenger hunt for fun facts about ants, from Education World.

Ant Wars: a middle school lesson plan for observing battles amongst different ant species! These pages were developed by Paul Johnson of the University of New Hampshire.