If you’ve been following along lately, you know that I am sharing a number of activities my kids and I did as part of our recent unit study on ants. One of my goals for our ant unit was for my kids (and myself!) to become familiar with ant anatomy. So I created a printable ant anatomy cut-and-paste activity that my kids and I worked on together as part of our studies.
I have included a link to download my ant anatomy printable at the end of this post. (I also have other posts sharing Ant 3-part cards.)
Note: For more resources, printables and activities related to ants and other insects, please see my insects unit study page.
Like all insects, ants have three main parts to their body: a head, a thorax, and an abdomen. Other notable aspects of the ant’s anatomy include the antennae, eyes, mandible, legs, petiole, and gaster. As part of our ant unit, I wanted my kids to know the names of each part and to be able to identify them. During our unit study, we did several activities to learn about ant body parts. Today I’m sharing the activity we did specifically using my Ant Anatomy printable.
I started by giving each of my kids a blank ant anatomy chart to fill in.
I also set out a completed ant anatomy chart (included in the printable). I set this key up where my kids could refer to it as they worked.
The kids started by cutting out each of the ant anatomy labels.
And they worked diligently to glue them on their ant anatomy charts. I helped the kids read each of the labels, and then the kids were responsible for determining the right place to glue their labels on their charts. (I provided help when needed, of course. I also encouraged them to look at the completed Ant Anatomy chart for assistance.)
All in all, this is a fun and easy way of teaching kids about ant anatomy!
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More Ant learning resources
More ant posts from Gift of Curiosity:
- Ant Printables Pack
- Ant Do-a-Dot Printables
- Ant 3-Part Cards
- What do ants like to eat? – a backyard science experiment
- Learning about ant habitats
- Books about ants
For more resources, printables and activities related to ants and other insects, please see my Insects Unit Study page and my Insects & Bugs Pinterest board.
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Keitha says
April 11, 2014 at 6:42 pmThanks for sharing!
Samantha @ Stir the Wonder says
April 12, 2014 at 5:08 amThis is great! My son is fascinated by ants and other bugs!
Betsy @ BPhotoArt says
April 14, 2014 at 9:41 amGreat printable. I pinned this to save it for later 🙂
Monica says
April 14, 2014 at 2:17 pmThanks! It a great printable to teach my kids.
alexa-cade says
April 15, 2014 at 11:31 amLove this! My little guy loves ant and has been studying them in his ant farm! Pinned!
Ashley says
April 15, 2014 at 11:43 amGreat resource for some fun with ants!
Ticia says
April 17, 2014 at 7:28 pmWhat a great ant anatomy diagram and with the cut and paste aspect even pre/early writers can do this! Thanks for sharing it on Science Sunday!
Carrie says
April 18, 2014 at 5:09 pmWhat a great printable and lesson! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! And congrats on being most clicked this week!!
Katie says
April 18, 2014 at 5:16 pmThanks Carrie, and what an honor to be most clicked!
Jill says
April 20, 2014 at 8:13 pmThis is too fun! My son will love this. I am printing and pinning!
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Theresa (Capri + 3) says
April 23, 2014 at 5:42 pmThis is a great activity. Thank you for creating and sharing your printable. We can’t wait to try this out! I pinned it to my Preschool Fun board.
Renae says
May 9, 2014 at 4:36 pmJust stopping by to let you know that this post has been featured at the Kids Learning Printables Linky Party! I absolutely love it. Thank you so much for your hard work!
Katie SG says
May 9, 2014 at 5:03 pmThanks Renae!
Rebekah says
March 25, 2015 at 10:17 amFantastic study! We can’t wait to get started! I’m curious to know where you got the lap tables.
Thanks so much!
Katie SG says
March 25, 2015 at 8:33 pmThe lap tables are from HearthSong, and they are great. You can find them on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Crzpjq
Caren says
May 27, 2015 at 6:21 pmThank you so much! I will ad this to use with my ant unit. I can’t wait to explore what else you have on ants!