{"id":5528,"date":"2022-01-02T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2022-01-03T01:35:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T05:35:39","slug":"remember-the-blue-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/remember-the-blue-ants\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember the Blue Ants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5528\" data-postid=\"5528\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5528 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row block light repeat tb_a2gf625 tb_first tf_clearfix\" >\n\t    \t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top col-count-1 tf_box tf_w tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_kbjn625 tf_box\">\n\t\t\t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    \t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tb_e46o458 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t<div class=\"subrow_inner col_align_top col-count-2 tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t<div  style=\"width: 62.74%\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"sub_column module_column tf_box col2-1 first tb_lkte459\"> \n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_qrps626   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4>Do you remember the Blue Ants??<\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_q1lg621   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>Here is a <strong>Blue Ant<\/strong> now \u2192<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Blue Ants<\/strong> like their homes to be very neat and orderly. They always build their homes from rooms in the shape of blocks. A different number of <strong>Blue Ants<\/strong> can fit in each size room.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  style=\"width: 34.06%\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"sub_column module_column tf_box col2-1 last tb_e8cv460\"> \n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_236x523   image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/blueant.png\" width=\"2392\" height=\"1982\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- \/themify_builder_sub_row -->\n\t<!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_qtmc707   image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4D08391A-171F-4083-8F6C-413A665945F3.png\"\n\t       \t       >\n\t\t   \t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/blue-ant-architect.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"1955\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\">\t    <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row block light repeat tb_viiy106 tf_clearfix\" >\n\t    \t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top col-count-1 tf_box tf_w tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_7sbo107 tf_box\">\n\t\t\t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xox9928   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">First&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>If you are <strong>not<\/strong> at school, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/mathsbot.com\/manipulatives\/rods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this tool<\/a>. These are digital <strong>Blue Ant Rooms<\/strong>! Start just by playing with the tool. Build some ant colonies. Move the rooms around. Add rooms. Take away rooms. Make designs. Then, when you are ready, come back here.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_n63u457 rounded bordered  image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/mathsbot.com\/manipulatives\/rods\"\n\t        rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\t       >\n\t\t   \t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/bnsga.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Colored-Rods-Online.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"453\" alt=\"Click the picture!\">\t    <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<div class=\"image-content\">\n\t    \n\t    \t\t<div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t    Click the picture!\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/image-caption -->\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-content -->\n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row block light repeat tb_5f3w482 tf_clearfix\" >\n\t    \t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top col-count-1 tf_box tf_w tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_i8ft482 tf_box\">\n\t\t\t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_j6c1483   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">And now for a problem!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Choose one of the problems below to solve. You can choose any problem you want. If you choose one and it seems too challenging, try a different one. If it does not seem challenging enough, try a different one!<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tb_yyoc185 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t<div class=\"subrow_inner col_align_top col-count-3 tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"sub_column module_column tf_box col3-1 first tb_cn7d187 repeat\" > \n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_2lue721   image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-1.pdf\"\n\t       \t       >\n\t\t   \t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-1.png\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\">\t    <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"sub_column module_column tf_box col3-1 middle tb_3fqj188\"> \n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_8r8m29   image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-2.pdf\"\n\t       \t       >\n\t\t   \t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-2.png\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\">\t    <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"sub_column module_column tf_box col3-1 last tb_5igv189\"> \n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_qqfk578   image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-3.pdf\"\n\t       \t       >\n\t\t   \t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-3.png\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\">\t    <\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- \/themify_builder_sub_row -->\n\t\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,9,18,19],"tags":[],"builder_content":"<h4>Do you remember the Blue Ants??<\/h4>\n<p>Here is a <strong>Blue Ant<\/strong> now \u2192<\/p> <p>The <strong>Blue Ants<\/strong> like their homes to be very neat and orderly. They always build their homes from rooms in the shape of blocks. A different number of <strong>Blue Ants<\/strong> can fit in each size room.<\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/blueant.png\" width=\"2392\" height=\"1982\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4D08391A-171F-4083-8F6C-413A665945F3.png\" > <img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/blue-ant-architect.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"1955\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\"> <\/a>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">First...<\/h3> <p>If you are <strong>not<\/strong> at school, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/mathsbot.com\/manipulatives\/rods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this tool<\/a>. These are digital <strong>Blue Ant Rooms<\/strong>! Start just by playing with the tool. Build some ant colonies. Move the rooms around. Add rooms. Take away rooms. Make designs. Then, when you are ready, come back here.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathsbot.com\/manipulatives\/rods\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" > <img src=\"https:\/\/bnsga.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Colored-Rods-Online.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"453\" alt=\"Click the picture!\"> <\/a> Click the picture!\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">And now for a problem!<\/h3> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">Choose one of the problems below to solve. You can choose any problem you want. If you choose one and it seems too challenging, try a different one. If it does not seem challenging enough, try a different one!<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-1.pdf\" > <img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-1.png\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\"> <\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-2.pdf\" > <img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-2.png\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\"> <\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-3.pdf\" > <img src=\"http:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Blue-Ant-Review-Problems-3.png\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" title=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\" alt=\"Remember the Blue Ants?\"> <\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5553,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/5553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnsga.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}