The girl came home with homework this week. Of course I was very happy to see that it was science! The girl was supposed to set up an ant picnic and then see which food the ants liked the best. The girl chose:
Mac and cheese
Chicken meatball
Apple
Watermelon

She “predicted” that ants would “like all of the food the same”

I couldn’t resist, so I gave her a notebook for her field entries!

She drew her set-up and then recorded what she learned.

We tried the experiment in a few places, but results were similar in every location. The ants weren’t interested (only 1 ant visited watermelon), but the flies were frequent visitors to the meatball and the apples!

I think my heart may burst with joy that the girl enjoyed her experiment!