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Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Bat and Moth
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery! In this lesson, students learn about the bat’s “niche” in an ecosystem by playing the part of these little critters.
Buffalo National River
Save the Bats
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Delve into the world of bats with the following lesson plan and activity.
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
People have far more in common with bats than they realize, and people rely on bat populations throughout the world in a variety of ways. In this lesson, students will study the skeleton of a bat, learn about their special adaptations through games, discover why bats are important to our environment and find that bats are friends, not foes.
National Park of American Samoa
What is a Fruit Bat?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Fruit bats are considered the only native mammal in American Samoa thus earning the right to be protected within the National Park of American Samoa. Local folklore casts a dark image on fruitbats, portraying them as sinister and devious creatures with connections to the spirit world. These superstitions undermine their ecological importance to the native tropical rainforest. Fruit bats help transfer pollen from one tree to another and are also important for seed dispersal.
Lava Beds National Monument
Bats Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Learn about bats from your classroom!
National Park of American Samoa
What is a Fruit Bat?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students will be able to articulate what a fruit bat is, identify and explain the fruit bat’s role in the American Samoan tropical rainforest ecosystem, and the National Park of American Samoa’s role in protecting fruit bats.
National Park of American Samoa
Fruit Bats Are Our Friends
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Fruit bats are considered the only native mammal in American Samoa thus earning the right to be protected within the National Park of American Samoa. Local folklore casts a dark image on fruit bats, portraying them as sinister and devious creatures with connections to the spirit world. These superstitions undermine their ecological importance to the native tropical rainforest. Fruit bats help transfer pollen from one tree to another and are also important for seed dispersal.
Acadia National Park
Virtual: Grades 4-5: Jr. Bat Researchers – All About Bats
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Learn all about bats as we debunk myths, review adaptations, and examine their importance. We’ll dive into some bat research going on in the park and discuss how rangers and students can help protect bats too. (1 hour)
Acadia National Park
Bats in Your Backyard Program Description
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Rangers join students in the classroom for 90 minutes to explore the risks currently facing bats and what researchers are doing to protect bats in Acadia.
Mammoth Cave National Park
Squirrels Need A Home - or - Bats Need A Cave
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This lesson plan is a part of "Making Connections: A Curriculum Guide to Mammoth Cave National Park, GrK-3", produced by the park's Environmental Education program. The GrK-3 Guide comprises ten lessons; this is lesson 6 of the set.
Arches National Park
Desert Adaptations
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students observe and compare different methods of seed dispersal. They learn about bat behavior and anatomy, and explore how camouflage helps animals hide in their habitats. Lastly, they discover how the shape of a bird’s beak correspond to what it eats.
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Deep Dweller Adaptations
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Where do you find food in a cave? How do you see without sunlight? Explore the adaptations of the wildlife that call caves home! Examine tactile examples of structures and functions that allow animals to survive in the extreme cave environment.