Modul 1: Why Ants – Ready to impress!
A great start into the fascinating world of ants.
Modul 1: Why Ants – Ready to impress!
A great start into the fascinating world of ants.
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Learning. By Doing. Real Science. With Citizen Science.
Students learn about science in practice. They collect their own data. Contextualized.
Nature & Digitalisation cominbed in one program.
All learnings goals focus on bioloy and science.
Even though it’s all about ants & science, core topics vary by module.
€ 5,- per student and unit (minimum € 100,-), incl. travel within Vienna, excl. cost of materials (vary by module and number of students)
A basic understanding of ants, both in the context of global diversity (mammals vs. insects), as well as in the context of local nature and the environment (ecosystem services).
indroduction to the world of ants, an interactive lecture
Get to know different ant species and characters to differentiate ants from other insects
Secondary Level II: Unterstanding of species concept, taxonomic classification of ants within animals
Learning about species diversity using ants as an example, interactive lecture & exercises
2 lesson units
A basic understanding of systematics and how scientific work in the field of taxonomy (= the description and classification of newly discovered species) works.
first-hand report from a taxonomic researcher, how to recognize and identify species using a dichotomous picture key
Introducing the three steps of the scientific method (observation, hypothesis, experiment)
Secondary Level II: Working out own research questions and knowing to use them to get to a scientifically sound result
Citizen Science Experiment Ameisen-Picknick mit Vor- und Nachbereitung
2 lessons units (combination with Module 1 recommended)
Introduction to basic statistics – data (vs. numbers), summary statistics, data analysis and graphs
Secondary Level II: The “Iceberg”: How to critically consider graphs and tables
Work with your own Ant Picnic data from Module 4.
2 lesson units
A Project spanning about 30 lesson units focusing on biology covers Modules 1-5 and can be implemented connecting it to Math, Computer Science, Art, Geography, German, English The final program will be planned together with teachers and customized to the specific requirements of the school.
Offer available upon request
An interactive lecture (3 lesson units) covers modules 1 and 4: Introduction to Ants & Ant Picnic Project.. Every additional module requires at least one additional lesson unit.
Price: 249,- (95,- per additional lesson unit)
An online lessons matiral packet consisting of short videos, digital picture material, exercies and tests for indepenedent
classroom implementation is provided.
Price: 49,- per module
* All modules can be booked separately as well.
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