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National Science Education Standards
- History and Nature of Science: Content Standard G: Science as a human endeavor
- Life Science: Content Standard C: The characteristics of organisms
- Science as Inquiry: Content Standard A: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Content Standard F: Types of Resources, Changes in Environments, Science and Technology in Local Challenges
Key Concepts
- Identification
- Habitat
- Life cycle
- Social structure & cooperative behavior
- Communication
- Decomposition
Vocabulary Words
- Insect
- Thorax
- Abdomen
- Antennae
- Cellulose
- Microorganisms
- Nymph
- Soldiers
- Workers
- Reproductives
- Swarmers
- Caste system
- Caste
- Sterile
- Pheromones
- Trophyllaxis
- Decomposers

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