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there is a lovely little inexpensive ipad/iphone app from scott snibbe about ants and pheromones.
eric
On May 25, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Kathleen Vandiver 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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> 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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>> 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:
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>>
>> - 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?
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>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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>> Sincerely,
>> Claudia Bustos
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