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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ884174
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Mar
Pages: 4
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Plants in Your Ants: Using Ant Mounds to Test Basic Ecological Principles
Zettler, Jennifer A.; Collier, Alexander; Leidersdorf, Bil; Sanou, Missa Patrick
American Biology Teacher, v72 n3 p172-175 Mar 2010
Urban students often have limited access to field sites for ecological studies. Ubiquitous ants and their mounds can be used to study and test ecology-based questions. We describe how soil collected from ant mounds can be used to investigate how biotic factors (ants) can affect abiotic factors in the soil that can, in turn, influence plant growth.
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Urban Schools, Ecology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Soil Science, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Entomology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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