Killer Ants

Synopsis:

Killer Ants is a narrative about a mother gorilla that loses her baby when all the animals in the jungle try to escape a swarming colony of driver ants. The mother gorilla goes back into the jungle in a desperate attempt to find and save her baby from the killer ants.

Curriculum link:

Science: Biological sciences – Living things, animal behaviour

Key Concepts:

Driver ants hunt, kill and eat other animals. Driver ants live in colonies in nests under the ground.

Reading Strategies:

Using evidence from the text rather than the illustrations

Extent:

24

Paired Title:

Driver Ants

Supporting Materials:

Lesson Plan - Driver Ants / Killer Ants