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All About Bats

El Malpais National Monument, Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Grade Level:: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Subject:: Science
State Standards:: 2.W.2, 2.SL.1, 2.SL.2, 2.SL.5, 2.SL.6, 3.W.2, 3.SL.1, 3.SL.6

People have far more in common with bats than they realize, and people rely on bat populations throughout the world in a variety of ways. In this lesson, students will study the skeleton of a bat, learn about their special adaptations through games, discover why bats are important to our environment and find that bats are friends, not foes.