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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students, in beginning and advanced beginning ESL levels, use English in an animal lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students view a video and complete hands-on activities to explain the usefulness of bats to the balance of nature. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students research an animal from each type of forest, and compare/contrast them on a concept map. They write a letter from one animal to the other, using information from their research. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students use the internet to gather information on bats. They write a poem about bats and label its body parts. They discover the importance of bats to humans and how they control the insect population. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students stand in a circle, with two in the center. The center students are the bat and moth. They are both blindfolded, and the bat must catch the moth. The bat shakes a can, and the moth must reply by shaking his/her can, also. After several rounds, students discuss predator/prey relationships. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and contrast those with true statements. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the bats of Puerto Rico. They conduct research in order to find information to construct a powerpoint presentation. They create a dvd of the presentation and go on a tour to a local cave to see the environment where bats live. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works. They take a quiz to dispel some of the myths associated with bats. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students are introduced to bats and their environment. In groups, they label the different parts of a bat on a worksheet and research what bats eat and where they live. They also analyze statements about bats and determine if they are fact or fiction. To end the lesson, they discover how they help the environment and discuss the misconceptions surrounding bats around Halloween. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students listen to the story "The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark" by Jill Tomlinson and talk about how the dark makes the owl feel. They sort pictures of animals, generate rhyming words and paint a picture of an owl. Full Review »

