We have a subscription to Discovery Education (you can get the login information from the Library Haiku page). There is a video called "How They Live: Bats" which describes bat adaptations. The full video is about 14 minutes long and was filmed in 1992 (some of the technology used is very old). The video is broken down into segments and so you can show only the segments you want.
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Here is a shorter (3 minutes) and more modern video created by National Geogrphic on Bat Adaptations
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We have a subscription to PebbleGo (you can get the login information from the Library Haiku page).
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X-ray a bat activity - You'll have to scroll down the page to the activity. It is fascinating to see the skeleton of a bat.
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Raz Kids - Informational (nonfiction) 1,200 words, Level O (Grade 2).
Bats are fascinating, but often misunderstood, creatures of the night. This book dispels myths and sheds light on the true nature of bats. It provides an overview of the many types of bats, as well as discussing their habitat, how they fly, feed, and raise their young, and special features that make bats unique. The book even gives detailed directions for building a bat house. |
From WatchKnowLearn - This video version of Bats: Creatures of the Night by Joyce Milton includes text, narration, and pictures.
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This National Geographic video shows footage of mother bats feeding offspring in preparation for migration. A narrator provides information on the characteristics and needs of bats. This video compliments the text exemplar story " Bats: Creatures of the Night"
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NASA "Echo the Bat" is a story about bats with an online activity afterwards. The Adventure's of Echo the Bat introduces remote sensing to our youngest future scientists. The book tells the story of Echo to children ages 5 - 9. The online activity follows Echo through Arizona on his adventure to his winter hibernaculum. Learn about remote sensing and use false-color satellite images to help you find Echo. (Grades 5 – 8)
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Here's a science experiment so kids can experience echolocation (source):
Bats emit high-pitched sounds that bounce off objects and return to them, helping them gather information, like the size and location of the object. Use this experiment to demonstrate echolocation. On a table or large desk tape down two cardboard papers towel tubes at angles so that they face each other, but aren't touching. About twelve inches away tape an aluminum pie plate on its side. For the experiment one child whispers into one of the tubes and the other child listens at the end of the other tube. The sound will bounce off the pie plate and travel back through the other tube so that the other child can hear it. Play a game about echolocation to help children understand how it works. Designate one child to be the bat and four to be insects. Blindfold the "bat" and have him stand with the other children forming a circle around him. The child who is blindfolded then blows a whistle or squeaks a toy and four "insects" shake a rattle or maraca back at him. The "bat" repeats the squeak and the "insects" rattle back until the bat locates one of the insects. |
The Oakland Museum of California has a Suitcase Exhibit called Wonders of Bats. For $60 - this Suitcase Exhibit provides your class with two weeks of hands-on materials, activities, and resources exploring the wondrous lives of bats. Suitcase contents include:
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