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Large cluster of healthy hibernating Virginia big-eared bats in Hellhole, Pendleton County, WV. Credit: Jeff Hajenga, WVDNR

Bats are cool: Information for kids and educators

To learn more about bats, visit these links:

Information about WNS

• White-Nose Syndrome: The devastating disease of hibernating bats in North America (November 2011)
• White-nose syndrome in bats: frequently asked questions
• Investigating White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (July 2009)
• White-nose Syndrome of Bats (NPS, May 1, 2009)
• WNS and Delaware (pdf)
• WNS and North Carolina (pdf)
• WNS and New Hampshire

Batty about Bats

• USFWS Indiana bat page
• FAQs about Indiana bats
• Indiana Bat Fact Sheet
• Gray Bat Fact Sheet
• Ozark Big-eared Bat Factsheet

State Information about Bats

• Species accounts in California
• Delaware Bat Program
• Bats of New Hampshire
• Wildlife Notes, Pennsylvania Game Commission

Information about Bats in Canada

• Bats in Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service
• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development - Bats

More Information

• Organization for Bat Conservation
• Species Profiles, Bat Conservation International
• Cave Biota
  • Information on bats and other cave biota
  • Hoosier National Forest and Indiana Karst Conservancy

Bats are cool! Activities and sites for kids

• The Adventures of Echo the Bat: NASA Imagers Program
• Bats at the KidZone
• Bats at the Animal Diversity Web
• Batty about Bats
  • Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• Bat Quiz: Test your bat knowledge
  • Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California
• Bat facts and trivia (pdf)
  • "Let's Get Wild"
• Texas Parks and Wildlife: Bat Webcasts
  • Types of Bats in Texas
  • Physiology of Bats
  • Bat Habitats and Migration
  • Bat Behavior
  • Bats- Research and Conservation
  • Bats- Benefits and Threats to Conservation
  • Bat Emergence

Resources for Teachers

• Indiana Bat, Kids, and Caves - Oh MY!
  • Activity Book for Teachers
• Educator's Resources, Bat Conservation International
• Bats in the Classroom Offline Lesson Plan
• Bats and Echolocation
  • PBS Teaching Guide, Grades 5-8
• Bats K-8 Lesson Plan
  • K8AIT Project, Cooperative between NASA and Cislunar Aerospace, Inc.
• Why should you care?
  • Contra Costa County, CA Office of Education
• Cyberhunt: Into the Bat Cave
• Hanging Around with Bats
  • Keep Texas Wild
• Project Underground
  • Curriculum guide and activities about bats, caves and karst resources