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How The Bat Came to Be is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the mystery and fascination of the animals, plants, and insects that inhabit the world of night. Through the use of Native...
This interesting resource teaches students about bats in an effort to dispel negative myths and demonstrate the important contributions these animals make. It offers both a teacher's guide and a student booklet. The teacher's guide includes...
Amphibial Pursuits is the teachers’ guide to Frogwatch a program through which students learn to identify frogs by sound and contribute valuable scientific information to a national amphibian monitoring program. This guide is a multi-disciplinary...
This resource teaches students about the seasonal adaptations of local wildlife through a diverse set of activities that incorporate games, displays and habitat investigations. Students examine the changes in appearance and behaviour that occur...
In the late November Nature Guide we learned about White Nose Syndrome and the dramatic decline it is causing in bat populations across North America. The mid-April Nature Guide has us on the look-out for both Big and Little Brown Bats that are starting...
This teaching unit introduces students to the fascinating world of animal behaviour through the scientific investigation of squirrel activity in a natural habitat. A series of in-class discussions and online tools are also used to support the outdoor...
In this short presentation developed by the National Wildlife Federation for Environment Canada’s Hinterland Who’s Who series, students are introduced to these unique mammals. Close-up images effectively demonstrate how bats maneuver, find...
White-nose Wipeout is an interactive game that teaches the important role bats play in our ecosystem while also sharing information about the rapid spread of White-nose syndrome and its devastating effects on bat populations. To play the game, each student...
Investigating Bat Adaptations leads students to learn about the adaptations that increase a bat's chances of finding food and surviving in a particular habitat while also increasing the student's knowledge of the different species of bats in the world. In...
The fascinating world of bats is explored in this engaging set of activities that teaches students about the remarkable features of these flying mammals that are uniquely adapted to their environment. The interactive hands-on activities investigate how...
"Squirrels" is an easy-to-use resource that helps introduce students to animal behavior and the skills need for making wildlife observations. Through the activities included, the students are introduced to the terms of "caching" and "cache". In the preliminary...