Each group needs:

• glue sticks
• pencils
• scissors
• crayons
• Naturally Organized Lab Notebook (1 notebook per student)
• Insect Investigation Recording Sheet (1 sheet per student)
• lab safety glasses
• job nametags (1 for each job: materials engineer, manufacturing engineer, structural engineer, biological engineer)

To share with the entire class: (Note: most of the texts below should be available at your local library or through an interlibrary loan service; they are also available on Amazon, or even through your local bookstore).

• Wild Ideas: Let Nature Inspire Your Thinking by Elin Kelsey
• Bees Build Beehives by Elizabeth Raum
• Mighty Ants: Exploring an Ant Colony by Wiley Blevins
• Animal Architects: Amazing Animals Who Build Their Homes by Julio Antonio Blasco
• talking chips (optional: see Troubleshooting)
• chart paper
• chart markers
• variety of commercial organizers
• mesh holders, three-compartment organizer, supply organizer, cosmetic organizer, plastic storage caddy, etc.
• Geosafari Ant Factory (or other similar product, available online)
• live harvester ants (the Ant Factory contains a certificate to obtain ants by mail)
• 2 cups of sand
• collection of insect books (optional: see Supplemental Book Suggestions below)
• cardstock
• cardboard
• felt sheets
• foam sheets
• beading wire
• heavy duty packing tape
• glue gun
• stapler
• tape measures or ruler
• string
• (optional) timer, for timed discussions on Day 6

Supplemental Book Suggestions:

• Nature Got There First: Inventions Inspired by Nature by Phil Gates
• A Wasp Builds a Nest: See Inside a Paper Wasp's Nest and Watch It Grow by Kate Scarborough (optional)
• Insect Homes (The World of Insects) by Bobbie Kalman
• Ant Cities by Arthur Dorros
• National Geographic Readers: Animal Architects by Libby Romero