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Indiana Bat, Kids, and Caves - Oh MY!

An Activity Book for Teachers

Cover page of the teacher's guide. The complete Indiana Bat, Kids, and Caves - Oh My! activity book for teachers is a 157-page pdf file that is 8MB in size. Below are links to each separate section (also PDF files).

Table of Contents

1. Karst for the Classroom - Bulletin Board Set-Up

2. Spelunker Speak - Cave Vocabulary

3. Sanctuary of Stone – Reading Comprehension

4. Caves & Bats in Indiana – Mapping Activity

5. In The Caves Where We Live – Cave Communities

6. Caves Under Construction –The Science of Cave Formation

7. Caves & Humans – So Happy Together? - Impact of Human Use

8. Cave Conservation - Why Care? - Research and Role Play

9. Bravo, Bats! - Why Bats Deserve Our Thanks

10. Pest Control - It All Adds Up – Word problems

11. Chiroptera Chat - Bat Vocabulary

12. The Wing’s the Thing - Bat Anatomy

13. Bats of Indiana - Playing Card Activity

14. Plotting Populations – Graph Drawing Activity

15. Indiana Bats And Me – Measurement Activity

16. Bats at Risk – Threats facing Indiana bats

17. Decades of Decline - Graph Interpretation

18. How Many Indiana Bats Can Sleep in a Shoe Box? – Spatial reasoning

19. Voices In The Night – Story Starters

20. Web of Decay - Cave Food Web Game

Resources

Glossary

Game Cards

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