Goldstream naturalist, Bre, visits Div. 9 to talk about bats

We had a fun and informative presentation on bats last week.  Goldstream naturalist, Bre, brought in a bat skeleton, a sample of bat fur and wings, bat guano, a model to demonstrate the weight of local bats, and lots of fun games to teach us all about bats.  Students played a game to experience echolocation firsthand and they had to find their bat baby using their senses of smell and hearing as bats do.  We also played a rousing game of bat jeopardy that had students trying to win insects as they answered questions about what they had learned.  Our group was able to impress Bre by our knowledge based on our own research and with our thoughtful questions.

Students are trying to find their baby bat using their sense of smell and  hearing.  

Bat Jeopardy

Sara shows a sample of the actual size and weight of one of our local bats.

This is bat that died in the attic of Goldstream's Nature House.

Our Student of the Week gets dressed up as a bat so we can learn all about bat anatomy.

Matt was a good sport!!

 Jordan had to find Arianna using "echolocation."