Which sounds like the worst way to die: being paralyzed until you are eaten or being imprisoned until you are licked to death? Both of these scenarios happen in nature, and a frightening Brain Scoop video explains the details as part of its playlist on Insects.

Concepts

insects, habitats, ants

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Share photographs of other interesting insect homes
• Discuss the evolutionary need for some species to work in a community

Classroom Considerations

• Best fits when studying habitats, insects, or social behavior

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes closed captioning, which makes it easier for students to take notes
• Highlights new vocabulary throughout

Cons

• According to Brain Scoop, "a few of the ants pictured in the video between 2:23 - 2:49 were misidentified; not all of them are carpenter ants, and the wasps labeled as Vespula maculifrons are actually paper wasps (subfamily Polistinae)"

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4