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Stellaluna Resources

Stellaluna Lesson Plans for 3rd – 4th grade http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/s/stellaluna.html

Cyberguide to Stellaluna (many of the links do not work, some are included in this) However, the writing ideas, etc. are still good. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/stella/stellatg.html

Bats Resources

Printable Resources on Bats
Bats Crosswords Grade 2-3 http://www.batcon.org/puzzlea.html

Bats Crosswords Grades 4-5 http://www.batcon.org/puzzleb.html

Bats WordSearch http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/search.html

Bats Flip Book Print Out http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/flip.html

Bats Quiz (links are not good, but questions are- copy and paste questions only) http://kids-learn.org/stellaluna/stellabats.htm

Bat Research Activity http://kids-learn.org/stellaluna/stellabats2.htm

Lesson Plans on Bats

Bats Science Lesson Plans From NASA - Hands-on activities that teach about light, electromagnetic spectrum, biodiversity (habitats) and remote sensing. (Ages 5 - 105) Includes:

• Teacher’s Guide http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/teachersite/index.html
• The Story of Echo the Bat - a story to read http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/intro/story.html
• Electromagnetic Waves http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/ems.html
• Echo Looking at earth with Landsat satellite http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/arizona/landsat.html
   

Bat Fruit Salad (Plants that depend somewhat on bats) http://www.batcon.org/salad.html

Bat Game for 2nd – 4th graders – How mother bats find their babies http://www.batcon.org/babyfind.html

Best Practices Science Concepts http://www.osr.state.ga.us/bestprac/science/S-5.htm

Facts about Bats

Did You Know? http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/know.html

Bats4Kids http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/index.htm Includes The Big 9 Bat Facts!

1. Where in the world do they live?
2. What kind of homes do they have?
3. What kinds of food do they eat?
4. What do bats really look like?
5. What are the myths about bats?
6. How do bats help humans?
7. How can I help save bats?
8. How does echolocation work?
9. If they fly why aren't they birds?

SeaWorld Animal Bytes – Bats http://tinyurl.com/5whx6

Bat Food http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/food.htm

What does a bat look like? (the parts of a bat) http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/look.htm

So You want to know about Bats http://www.batconservation.org/content/kidspage/kidspage.htm

Breaking the Myths about Backs & the Importance of Bat Houses http://www.batconservation.org/content/bathouse/bathouse.htm

Bat Houses http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/bathouse.html (some of the links are broken)

Building a Bat House http://www.batcon.org/projects/layout-bathouse.html

Bats in Buildings (& getting them out) http://www.batcon.org/projects/layout-binb.html

Meet Some Bats http://www.batconservation.org/content/meetourbats/meetourbats.htm

Bats in the Desert Southwest http://www.desertusa.com/jan97/du_bats.html

Online Activities

Visit the Bat Cave http://www.torstar.com/rom/batcave/cave/index.html

Bat Quiz http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/quiz/quiz.htm

The Story of Echo the Bat - a story to read http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/intro/story.html

Nine Question Bat Quiz (gives results at end and explains answers) http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/batquiz/B10.html

Bats Crossword Puzzle http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/crossword1.html

Bat Cam http://www.batcon.org/bathospitalcam/

Detail Information & Photos of Bats http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chiroptera.html

Bats: Why aren’t they Birds? http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/look.htm

Online Games - http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/boxpage1.htm

Books about bats (recommended on Bats4kids.com)

· Shadows of the Night: The Hidden World of the Little Brown Bat. by Barbara Bash. 1993. -- Call # 599.4 B291s

· Those Amazing Bats. by Cheryl M. Halton. 1991 -- Call # 599.4 H169f

· Bats. by Alice L. Hopf. 1985 -- Call # 599.4 H773b

· Bat Time. by Ruth Horowitz. 1991 -- Call # Picture Book Horowitz

· The Bat Poet. by Randall Jarrell. 1963 -- Call # Fiction Jarrell

· Bats. by Sylvia A. Johnson. 1985 -- Call # 599.4 J637b

· The Bat in My Pocket. by Amanda Lollar. 1992 -- Call # 636.94 L837b

· Extremely Weird Bats. by Sarah Lovett. 1991 -- Call # 599.4 L947b

· Bats: Creatures of the Night. by Joyce Milton. 1993 -- Call # Reader Milton

· Batman: Exploring the World of Bats. by Laurence Pringle. 1991 -- Call # 599.4 P936b

· "Bats." Zoobooks. by Deane Rink and Linda C. Wood. 1989 -- Call # 599.4 W85b

· Bats: Mysterious Flyers of the Night. by Dee Stuart. 1994 -- Call # 599.4 St91b

· Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel, 1999/2000 - Simon & Schuster

· Bats Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle, 2000 - Call # 599.4 P936b - Boyds Mills Press