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We've done this activity numerous times at events and as part of school curriculum workshops at the Newark and it has always been successful. We present it as an activity to engage the students in the science process whereby students discover that insects communicate by pheromones.
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On May 25, 2012, at 9:12 PM, "Kathleen Vandiver" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi Here is some information, may be this what you heard about...
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> The BSCS Biology Textbook (Biology, A Human Approach) has a lab exercise where students figure out that termites will follow the trail of particular type/brand ink from a pen. Teachers are given an address where they can obtain the termites for this lab.
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> That's my recall. I heard about this two years ago from another science teacher-- haven't worked with this myself.
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> I imagine that the pen company was surprised to learn about the unintended side effects of their product.
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> Kathy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Beryl Rosenthal
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> Subject: Re: Ant Pheromones
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> I THINK the St. Louis Zoo did something like this years ago.
> Beryl
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> On May 24, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Claudia Bustos wrote:
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>> Hello List-Serv Folks,
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>> I wanted to connect with anyone who has ever tested the Ant Pheromone
>> Experiment either at your science centre/museum or for your own personal
>> interest. I am interested in connecting with anyone who has explored ant
>> pheromones in their institutions or for their own personal interests.
>> Supposedly
>> it is possible to obtain ant trail pheromones, draw a path using these
>> chemicals, which ants will then follow. Has anyone tried this as a
>> demonstration or drop-in program? I'm struggling to find an adequate
>> protocol online that doesn't leave me asking more questions about procedure
>> and ethics.
>>
>>
>> With that in mind, if anyone has tried to make this happen, it would be
>> great to gain some insight into the following:
>>
>>
>> - a) Where did you source the pheromone from?
>> - b) Where did you get your ants from?
>> - c) What did you do with your ants after?
>> - d) How did you physically present this project? i.e. tank,
>> container, table top (hopefully not a table top)
>> - e) Where there any ethical implications that you had to run through
>> your institution?
>> - f) What do you wish you had known before you embarked on this
>> experiment?
>>
>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Claudia Bustos
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