Although diet preferences and needs for humans are well documented, we are still learning about the diet preferences of ants in different parts of the world. What ants eat at different times of the year and in different places around the world tells us what might be missing in their environment and how climate change could impact ant populations.
Prepare 6 food types for ants to learn more about what they prefer to snack on, tell us a little about the environment where you set up your ant picnic, count the ants that came to each food type, take a picture of your experiment, collect the ants to confirm your count and report the results.
Join ANT PICNIC here! We also have a data analysis lesson module based on Ant Picnic.
More about ants (including other activities, lesson modules & citizen science projects) at discoverants.com
Students at Moore Square Magnet Middle School joined in the Ant Picnic Citizen Science Project. Students prepared ant traps to determine whether or not urban-dwelling ants preferred sugar, salt, or protein. See more about our project in the video above!