Yesterday, students were shown a picture of a bat and asked:
Through a quick survey, we found out that some of us had never seen a bat before:
Today, in preparation for our visit from the Alberta Institute of Wildlife Conservation, students shared their wonderings about bats which included questions about flight, being nocturnal, life cycles, echolocation and how they survive winter. We look forward to gathering information tomorrow.
"What do you feel?"
"What do you think?"
"What does it remind you of?"
"What makes you say/feel that?"
It seems a lot of us feel scared or nervous when we see a bat because of it's physical characteristics and the way they move. Many of us also associate bats with vampires and spooky stories.
Later, we read the story "Stellaluna" about a little bat who gets separated from her family, and lives with birds for a short time. We found out that there are a lot of difference between bats and birds. We liked how the author created a fiction story that still gave us real information.
Today, in preparation for our visit from the Alberta Institute of Wildlife Conservation, students shared their wonderings about bats which included questions about flight, being nocturnal, life cycles, echolocation and how they survive winter. We look forward to gathering information tomorrow.
If you have no already done so, please make sure you send in your child's payment for ArtFelt Studios and Bat Basics presentation.
Thank you everyone!
Ms. Thomas
