Discovery Education
Sonar & Echolocation
A well-designed, comprehensive, and attractive slide show supports direct instruction on how sonar and echolocation work. Contained within the slides are links to interactive websites and instructions for using apps on a mobile device to...
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Adapting to the Dark-Bats and People
Students consider how cavers make adaptations to the cave as do bats.
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Bat Ecology
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 and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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Bats Migrate South
Students examine the life of bats in Illinois. Using the internet, they research the history of the bat in Illinois and describe the way they find prey by using echolocation. They report their findings to the class and answer any...
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Animal Challenge 4
In this sound energy worksheet, students predict what happens when bats bounce sounds off of walls to communicate. Students complete 2 questions.
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Cave Diagram
Students examine limestone cave geology and hydology. They study cave vocabulary.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Listening Selection, Grade 6
In this 6th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students listen to a fictional story that as their instructor reads it aloud 2 times. No questions accompany the worksheet.
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What Shape Is It?
Students attempt to determine the shape of a hidden item by bouncing a ball off of it. They attempt to determine how a ball would bounce off of an item and by rolling the ball until it hits and bounces off the item. They draw both their...
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What Shape Is It?
Students predict the shape of an unknown object by bouncing a ball on it. In this physics lesson, students relate this activity to how dolphins use echo-location to navigate. They analyze their lab result and discuss findings.