Ant Farm

In a few weeks we are going to be reading a story about ants.  At the beginning of the year I had an ant farm as a trial run for this time of the year.  It worked out well except the life span of the ants is not as long as our school year.

The new ants came in today and I have decided to take a picture each day and post it on the blog as a place to keep track of their progress.  The sand in the bottom is different colors because it needs to be wet so it will stick together as the ants make their tunnels.  The sand is simply wetter in some spots than others and that causes the different colors.

This picture is what the ant farm looks like on DAY 1...
      (If you click on the picture you should be able to see a much larger image.)