Worksheets, Articles, and Lesson Plans
Preschool
K-8
Bats at Enchanted Learning From Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning has a worksheet on bat anatomy, printouts, quiz, and other worksheets.
“Batty” about Bats! From Alabama Learning Exchange
Alabama Learning Exchange
As a part of a week-long unit about bats, students will identify the characteristics of a bat and write an essay about bats. Student understanding will be enhanced through the use of books, poems, lectures, discussions, individual “flip books”, an art project, and the Internet.
Stellaluna Literature Guide From TeacherVision
Stellaluna Literature Guide
This teacher's guide provides ideas for the exploration of Jannell Cannon's Stellaluna. Separated from her mother before she is old enough to fly, Stellaluna, an adorable baby fruit bat, finds her world turned literally upside down when she's adopted by a family of birds.
The Teacher’s Guide: Bats From The Teacher’s Guide
The Teachers Guide - Bats!
This web page includes bat activities, lesson plans, printable, writing prompts, math pages and more.
Bats in the Classroom: Activities Across the Curriculum From Education World
Bats in the classroom
This web site includes activities involving listening, maps, literature, and science.
Night Friends – American Bats: Online Activity Guide From National Wildlife Federation and Bat Conservation International
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This 32-page instructional guide includes basic information about bats as well as lessons plans:
- Investigating Bat Adaptations - Students investigate adaptations that increase a bat’s chance of finding food and surviving in a particular habitat.
- Bats: Maligned or Malicious -- Students explore their views of a threatened bat and present their findings.
- Build a Bat House -- Students build a bat house for their Backyard Wildlife HabitatTM or Schoolyard Habitats® Site.
Frankie the Free-tailed Bat From Texas Parks and Wildlife
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Frankie the Free-tailed Bat is a story about a Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) that was born in a cave located in the Texas Hill Country, but each year migrates to and from Mexico with thousands to millions of other members of its kind.
Guided Reading Lesson using Bats From Teachers.Net
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This lesson uses three books to teach about bats.
Hanging Around with Bats From Texas Parks and Wildlife
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This web page contains lots of links, activities, and ideas for teaching about bats.
Plant a Bat Garden From Organization for Bat Conservation
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Bats eat night flying insects. If you would like to attract bats to your garden, you may want to plant flowers that are late day blooming or night-scented. These plants will attract night pollinators, like moths, which bats like to eat.
Introduction to Virginia’s Karst: A Presentation of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Karst Program and Project Underground From the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Karst Topography introduction
The presentation reviews the locations and status of caves and karst topography in Virginia.
What’s Happening to Our Bats From the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
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Part 2
Part 3
These are pdf files of PowerPoint Presentations given about bats and White-Nose Syndrome, which could be adapted to your state or for your presentations.
The World Beneath Our Feet: Subterranean Life and the Domain Below the Earth From the Virginia Cave Board
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This was a presentation made during Virginia Cave Week by the Karst Waters Institute.
Project Underground
Karst Education
The project is an environmental education program designed to promote better understanding of caves and karstlands. The Project Underground Curriculum Guide and educational materials are available through workshops. It is a supplemental program for use by educators of kindergarten through high school age students. The purpose of Project Underground is to create and build awareness of and responsible attitudes toward karst and cave resources and their management needs. Project Underground is a source of interdisciplinary instructional activities, and its staff conducts workshops and in-service training programs. These materials and workshops are designed for classroom teachers, cavern, park, museum, and nature center staff, or any youth-oriented group leaders.
