Chicago Zoological Society
Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Bat Eared Fox
Find out more about the bat-eared fox by taking a look at this reference from the Brookfield Zoo. In addition to quick facts, this animal guide offers details on its appearance, environment, and eating habits.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bat (Little Brown)
Learn basic facts about the little brown bat, where they live, what they eat, their reproduction patterns, their life span, and classification. A video of a live bat shows and explains its unique body traits and their functions. [1:26]
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bat (Red)
Explore facts about the red bat, including their habitat, body traits, diet, life span, reproduction traits, and complete classification.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bat (Big Free Tailed)
Learn basic facts about the big free-tailed bat, where they live, what they eat, their reproduction patterns, their life span, and classification.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bat (Big Brown)
Explore facts about the big brown bat, including their habitat, body traits, reproduction patterns, what they eat and their full classification.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bat (Hoary)
Basic facts about the hoary bat including where they live, what they eat, how they reproduce, their body traits, and lifespan. Also included is a full classification.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Big Brown Bat
The big brown bat, which is not all that big, has survived well alongside humans. Facts and pictures about these hardy creatures can be found here.
Read Works
Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Text Kindergarten Unit: Labeled Diagrams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Bats by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from labeled diagrams within an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Townsend's Big Eared Bat
A close up photo of Townsend's Big Eared Bat as it flies through the air with wings outstretched. Learn more about bats by checking out our wide range of interesting bat facts for kids.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Baseball
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides baseball information on the kind of equipment you will need to get started, how to play it safe, some fun facts, and a quick tip guide to help you hit, throw, and catch the ball.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Moving Mammals
Students explore the different ways mammals move by observing them walk, hop, gallop, swim and swing in animations. Facts about habitat and structure are also included in these animations.
abcteach
Abcteach: Rain Forest
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides numerous links to facts, photos, information and activities all dealing with the rain forest. Teachers will find these links helpful in planning activities and lesson plans on the...
Other
Cave of the Winds Mountain Park: Just for Kids
Facts and resources for kids regarding the Cave of the Winds.
A&E Television
History.com: The History of Halloween
Explore the origins and history of Halloween as well as traditions and superstitions of this holiday. Links to video clips are included.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Guatemala
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Guatemala's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its Central American location and a video of a bat falcon, a resident...
Curated OER
Scholastic.com: Cave Animals
Learn more about cave dwellers when you visit this educational resource. This site features useful websites, photographs, fun facts and more.