CyberHunt: Into the Bat Cave

Invite students to learn all about these fascinating, night-flying mammals

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Invite your class to try this Internet-based hunt, suitable for middle- and upper-graders. Before you begin, distribute the reproducible page, below. Then direct students to the interactive hunt at www.scholastic.com/cyberhuntkids
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CYBERHUNT ANSWER GUIDE
1. Bats can fly.
2. Bats navigate by listening to sonar echoes.
3. The bumblebee bat is the smallest bat in the world. It weighs less than a penny.
4. Hundreds, even thousands.
5. Depending on the kind of bat, it can eat fruit, nectar, blood, insects, fish, or meat.
6. Megabats are sometimes called flying foxes.
7. It has three large white spots on its back. It also has very large ears!
8. Any two of the following: bats help control the insect population; they help farmers by eating insects that would hurt crops; bats spread seeds for new plants and trees; the saliva of Vampire Bats is being studied by doctors for use in medicines.
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CYBERHUNT ACTIVITIES
Berkeley Bat Quiz
www.lhs.berkeley.edu/batquiz/
Now that your students know all about these fascinating creatures, test their new knowledge with this online quiz!
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Explore a Bat Cave
www.torstar.com/rom/batcave/cave/cave1.html
ExploreÃ?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã? the real bat cave located in St. Clair, Jamaica, in this photo adventure from the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Listen toÃ?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã? Echolocation
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=
http://www.museumca.org/caves/onli_echo.html
In this site, you can click on bat photos to hear its echolocation clicks and view sonogram pictures of the sounds.
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MORE BAT LINKS
Into the Batcave
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High-flying science activities, plus a reproducible Bats Challenge, all from the editors of Instructor .
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Bat Conservation International
www.batcon.org
A great place to learn aboutÃ?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã? bats! Includes extensive education links.
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Yahooligans Animals
www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Living_Things/Animals/Mammals/Bats/
Includes sounds, pictures, video, and links toÃ?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã? specific bat species.
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Bats 4 Kids
http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/
AÃ?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã? kid-friendly site that includes detailed information andÃ?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã? games.
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Echo the Bat
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/
An introduction to bat biology and scientific tracking.
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Brad Kloza is a freelanceÃ?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã? writer based in NYC. CyberHunt Ã?Æ?ââ?¬Å¡Ã?â??Ã?© 2003 Scholastic Inc.
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