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Indiana Bat, Kids, and Caves - Oh MY!
An Activity Book for Teachers
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
- What We Do
- Midwest Endangered Species
- Candidate Conservation
- Listing
- Recovery
- Section 7 Consultation
- Permits
- Habitat Conservation Plans
- Grants
- Endangered Species Act
- Glossary
- Listed Plants and Animals
- Featured Species
- All Midwest Listed Species
- State and County Lists
- Species of Concern
- Extinct Species
- <Fact Sheets