Unit Award Scheme

shown knowledge of

1. what a formicarium is

2. what species of ant, from a given list, are suitable for a formicarium

demonstrated the ability to

3. build a formicarium

4. fill the formicarium with enough soil and appropriate food and water to sustain up to 10 ants for a week

5. collect and introduce 10 ants from the same colony into the formicarium

6. make daily observations on the changes in the formicarium over seven days

7. release the ants back into their colony at the end of the seven days.