Product Title
- Grades: K–6
- Number of Students: 1–4 students
- Number of Lessons: The reusable figurines can support multiple lessons and activities focused on insect life cycles, sequencing, observation, and early biology.
- Hours of Content: Content duration depends on how the figurines are incorporated into classroom science centers, lessons, or hands-on activities.
- Additional Resources: Ant life-cycle observation and sequencing activities ; Insect Lore insect and life-cycle resources ; Ant Mountain Kit and Activity Journal, available separately ; Additional Insect Lore life-cycle figurine sets for comparative study
Highlights:
- Four oversized, anatomically accurate ant life-cycle figures
- Accurately sculpted and painted
- Represents the four stages of ant development: egg, larva, pupa, and adult
- Durable, flexible plastic construction
- Hands-on resource for classroom or at-home learning
- Students can arrange mixed-up stages in the correct sequence
- Supports early biology, observation, classification, and sequencing
Curriculum or Lesson Topics:
- Ant life cycle
- Insect growth and development
- Metamorphosis
- Eggs, larvae, pupae, and adult insects
- Basic entomology
- Animal life cycles
- Life-cycle sequencing
- Observation and classification
- Science vocabulary
- Counting and ordering
- Early biology
- Nature and environmental science
Standard Alignments:
Supports life science and early biology instruction involving animal/insect life cycles, growth and development, patterns, sequencing, observation, and scientific inquiry. The figurines are a supplemental hands-on teaching resource rather than a standalone standards-based curriculum.
What’s Included:
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4 ant life-cycle figurines
- Durable, flexible plastic figures
Technology Requirements/Specifications:
- No technology required
- No batteries required
- Physical plastic manipulatives
- No assembly required
- Four-piece set
- SKU: ISL-6110
Special Notes and Considerations:
- This is a physical educational manipulative, not a complete curriculum or digital learning product.
- The figurines can be mixed up and used as a sequencing activity in which students identify and order the four stages.
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The set can be used independently or alongside Insect Lore's live-ant products, such as the Ant Mountain Kit, which is sold separately.
- Suitable for classroom science centers, small-group instruction, demonstrations, and hands-on life-science activities.
- The product is listed as an Individual item rather than a classpack or bundle in the Sourcewell/STEMfinity price list.
