Integrated Unit on Bats

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KET Resources

1. Reading Rainbow Program 118, "Stellaluna"
2. Stellaluna's Friends was a web activity. Look in the archives to see what participating classes did.
3. Zoo Zoo Zoo Program 1, "All About Eyes" -- how bats find things by echolocation
4. Zoo Zoo Zoo Program 9, "How and What Animals Eat" -- how vampire bats get the food they need to survive
5. Kentucky Afield for Kids Program 47, "Kentucky's Underground" -- a look at the life lurking deep within Kentucky's limestone caves
6. Classic Animal Tracks Segment 16 is on the common vampire bat.

Bat Information

• Mysterious Bat Hunt is an online treasure hunt about bats.

• Bats 4 Kids has some online games.

• Holy Bat Box Batman! has a dynamic graph showing the temperature inside a real bat house -- and LOTS of links!

• The Indiana Bat, also found in Kentucky, is endangered.

• The Story of the Bat from Indigenous Peoples' Literature

• Bat Houses kits and plans (butterfly and bird houses also available!)

• Bat Facts at Bat and Bird

• Bats: Fact vs. Fiction

  School Research Pages

• Bats: Mammal! is a thematic resource for teachers and students from the Contra Costa County (CA) Office of Education.

• Going Batty! is from a 3rd-grade class in Michigan.

• Bat Page from an Oregon elementary school

  Organizations

• Bat Conservation International offers an online bat crossword puzzle.

• Organization for Bat Conservation Volunteers/interns are needed for an Indiana bat study this summer in Michigan.

• Basically Bats is a nonprofit conservation organization.

Academic Expectations: 2.2-2.6
Patterns, Systems and Interaction, Models and Scales, Consistency, and Change Over Time

Program of Studies: Primary Science
Characteristics of Organisms, Organisms and Their Environment

Guiding Questions:

1. What animal group do bats belong to and why?
2. How do bats meet their basic needs for food and shelter?
3. How do bats behave in their environment?

Teacher Technology Standards

Designs lessons that use technology to address diverse student needs and learning styles.
Applies research-based instructional practices that use computers and other technology.
Uses computers and other technology for individual, small-group, and large-group learning activities.