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In a message dated 7/1/03 12:42:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
kbcdlovejo@... writes:

<< > If anyone notices a dearth of experienced unschoolers on there, and they
> wanna unsubcribe, post on here, and maybe a few of us will subscribe for a
> while.
> I volunteer.
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> ~Aimee
>

Tag. You're it.

~Kelly >>


AARGH...Right....this....minute?

Have lots of family in town right now, so very busy.....I'll subscribe as
soon as I get some control over the lists I'm already on!

Off to the zoo today, and my son bought a ant farm last nite, he is very
excited, stayed up late reading the info booklet and instructions.

Anybody have any ant farm tips or suggestions? Experiences?

~Aimee

Helen Hegener

At 9:58 AM -0400 7/2/03, AimeeL73@... wrote:
>Anybody have any ant farm tips or suggestions? Experiences?

Ant farms were a topic on the HEM-CreativeIdeas discussion list a few
weeks ago. Here are the first two posts - search that list for more
on ant farms, including some good personal experience posts:

http://www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/HEM-CreativeIdeas

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:36:19 +0200
From: Alan & Brenda Leonard <abtleo@...>
Subject: Re: creative ideas...

Ok, here's my creative idea question for the week:

You know those ant farms that you can buy from catalogs? I'm too cheap to
buy one and figure I can't take it back to the U.S. when we return from our
current tour of Germany (dh is army). So can you make your own ant farm?

Do you have to have a queen to do this, or will just a bunch of worker ants
collected off the groud do? And what sort of container would I use? Food?
Right now my son is collecting ants in a plastic ziplock tub, which was
cheap enough that I didnt' mind punching holes in the top. But it's pretty
small in my mind!

I'm open to ideas!

brenda
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:47:29 EDT
From: NarigonC@...
Subject: Ant Farms

I put <ant farm make own -alien> into Google and here are some ideas I found.

Here's a website that tells how to make your own ant farm: <A
HREF="http://www.homeschoolwiththeweb.com/antfarm.htm">
http://www.homeschoolwiththeweb.com/antfarm.htm</A>

Here's one with good pictures and directions for making your own:
<A
HREF="http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/4636/antz.htm">http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/4636/antz.htm</A>

Here's a cool site with a bazillion recipes and crafts, including an ant
farm:
<A
HREF="http://www.essortment.com/in/Crafts.Craft.Recipes/">http://www.essortment.com/in/Crafts.Craft.Recipes/</A>

This one is for the truly interested ant farmer, not the novice:
<A
HREF="http://www.antcam.com/antfarm/howtobuild/">http://www.antcam.com/antfarm/howtobuild/</A>

A unit study on ants:
<A
HREF="http://www.themeunits.com/Ants_bk.html">http://www.themeunits.com/Ants_bk.html</A>

A sarcastic essay from Onion about what kids can learn from an ant farm
(caution, this site is not for sissies):
<A
HREF="http://www.theonion.com/onion3621/ant_farm.html">http://www.theonion.com/onion3621/ant_farm.html</A>

A kid-friendly site:
<A
HREF="http://www.doctorcoughdrop.com/lab.html">http://www.doctorcoughdrop.com/lab.html</A>

Last one, with lots of good info on ants:
<A HREF="http://www.antcolony.org">http://www.antcolony.org</A>


Carol
www.home-ed-magazine.com


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Mary

From: <AimeeL73@...>

<<Anybody have any ant farm tips or suggestions? Experiences?>>


We only had an ant farm once. We didn't have much luck with them. They lived
for awhile but didn't really build like the pitcures showed. They were
rather boring to us. Then they all just started dying. Maybe one was a
murderer, not sure.

Yesterday we just got our owl pellets, triops packet and sea monkeys. Those
we have good luck with. Which reminds I have to go and get spring water.

Good luck and let me know how the ants do.

Mary B

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mummy124@... writes:

<< Then they all just started dying. >>

And my brother told me that most will be dead when we get them. Alex is well
informed of those possiblilities. I don't want him to freak out!

<<Good luck and let me know how the ants do.>>

I will!

~Aimee

glad2bmadly

I guess we got lucky. I think mine may have been in our P.O. box for a few days before we even got them. Though they seemed like they were dying after having been in the fridge for ten min. (booklet advised this to keep them from moving too quickly when you put them in the farm) they all revived. All fifteen or so are alive and tunneling and it soo neat. Ihope it goes as well for you.

Madeline

AimeeL73@... wrote:
mummy124@... writes:

<< Then they all just started dying. >>

And my brother told me that most will be dead when we get them. Alex is well
informed of those possiblilities. I don't want him to freak out!

<<Good luck and let me know how the ants do.>>

I will!

~Aimee

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