Analytic CodingInsect: Ant(Mind Map, Question and Expanded formats)Analytic coding using conceptual vocabulary from the Basic Conceptual Systems based on the work of Anne Svendsen and Andreas Hansen, adapted by K. Morgan. © 2013.

4. Number of Parts

5. Color(s)

6. Shape(s)

10. Time

11. Surface Pattern

3. Is this …

Living

Non-Living

7. Size (compared to you)

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13. Diet (Energy/Power)

12. Habitat (Place)

15. Protection (Change)

2. Group16. Movement/Power

17. Life Cycle (Change)

9. Weight (compared

to you)

Warm BloodedCold Blooded

8. Temperature

14. Predators/Prey

(Place in the food chain)

Predators Prey

1. What is this?

4. What Number of Parts does this

have?

5. What Color(s) does this have?

6. What Shape(s) does it have?

2. What Group does it belong to?

16. How does it move?(Movement/Power)

3. Is this …

Living

Non-Living

Warm bloodedCold blooded

8. What Temperature does it have?

10. What is its lifespan? (Time)

11. What Surface Pattern does it have?

7. What Size is it (compared to you)?

12. Where does it live? (Habitat/Place)

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9. What Weight does it have? (compared to you)?

14. What Predators/Prey does it have? (Place in the

food chain) Predators Prey

13. What does it eat for energy? (Diet/Power)

17. What is its life cycle? (Change)

15. How does it protect itself? (Change)

1. What is this? (Name)

ant

Group

Number of Parts

Color

Shape

Position

Place

Size (compared to)

Number

Surface Pattern

Direction

Function/Use

Substance (composition)

Substance (properties)

Gender

Value

Speed

Movement/Power

Living/Non-Living

Lifespan/Time

Life Cycle/Change

Weight (compared to)

Temperature

Taste

Smell/Odor

Sound

Surface Property

Analytic Coding using words from the Basic Conceptual Systems

to describe and analyze items.

© 2013 A. Svendsen, A.Hansen, K. Morgan.

Behavior

Solitary/Herd

Movement

Sound

Nocturnal/Diurnal

Physical Characteristics

Color

Shape

Number of Parts

Size

Weight

Temperature

Substance

Surface Pattern

Surface Properties

Living / Non-Living

Change

Label

Name

Group

Habitat

Place

Change

Diet

Predators and Protection

Predators

Protection

Life Cycle

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Ant Bee

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

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Name

Living/Non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Power

Gender

Surface Pattern

Diet/Power)

Habitat (Place)

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

Ant Bee

© 2013 A. Svendsen, A.Hansen, K. Morgan.

Name

Living/Non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Speed

Gender

Surface Pattern

Diet/Power

Habitat (Place)

Living

Insect

Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs, 2

eyes,

Black

Egg – Larva – Pupa – Adult

Small in size compared to a bee

Cold blooded

Light in weight compared to a bee

Crawls

Male, female

Solid color

Fruit, vegetables, seeds, bugs, wood

Ground, nest

Living

Insect

Head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs, 4

wings,

Black, orange, yellow

Egg – Larva – Pupa - Adult

Small in size compared to a bird

Cold blooded

Light in weight compared to bird

Flies and crawls

Male, female

Striped

Nectar, water

Tree, hive

Similarities &Differences

Circle the words in which the two items are

similar. Draw a line thru the

words in which the two items are different.

.

© 2013 A. Svendsen, A.Hansen, K. Morgan.

Name

Living/non-Living

Group

Number of Parts

Color(s)

Life Cycle

Size (compared to …)

Temperature

Weight (compared to

… )

Movement/Speed

Gender

Surface Pattern

Diet/Power

Habitat (Place)

Ant Bee