Bats: Friends or Foes

 

Audience:  Second grade students

 

Objective (Science):  Learn about and identify characteristics of bats, TEKS 2.2A, 2.4A, 2.6D, 2.8A, 2.9A, 2.9B

 

Audience:  Second grade students

 

Objective (Science):  Learn about and identify characteristics of bats, TEKS 2.2A, 2.4A, 2.6D, 2.8A, 2.9A, 2.9B

 

Objective (Technology):  Students will acquire information from the teacher-created web page and the Internet to answer pre-determined questions. Based on the research, the students will then create individual PowerPoint presentations with images and links to describe their findings, TEKS 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 6A

 

Assessment:  Students will present their presentations to the class and the class will be asked to write evaluations about the bat information and the presentations themselves. The student will also be assessed with a rubric.

 

 

Directions:  Click on each bookmark and answer the questions on your paper to be handed in at the end of class. At the end of your research, you will begin using Microsoft PowerPoint to create a presentation which contains image(s), web link(s) and text. Your presentation will be saved to the network so you can finish during our Computer Lab time.

 

What Is A Bat?  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/bat/Batcoloring.shtml

 

Are Bats Blind?  http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/myths.htm

 

What Do Bats Eat?  http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/food.htm

 

How Do Bats See In The Dark?  http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/echo.html

 

How Many Species Of Bats Live In The United States?   What Do They Eat?

http://www.lads.com/BasicallyBats/aboutBats.html

 

What Is The Greatest Worldwide Threat To The Survival Of Bats?

http://www.lads.com/BasicallyBats/brochure.html

 

How Could Our Class Help Bats?  http://www.lads.com/BasicallyBats/backYard.html

 

Complete the PowerPoint template sheets.  Begin your PowerPoint presentation.

 

 

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Print Out The Worksheet And Use The Website To Answer The Questions If You Finish Your Presentation:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/classroom/quiz/bat.shtml

ãRhonda Martin 2002

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