2. Bats, Bats, Everywhere A four week integrated unit based on various kinds of bats and their habitats.

3. Various Kinds of Bats Little Brown Greater Fruit Northern Ghost Tube-nosed Vampire Yellow- shouldered Mexican Funnel-eared Common Pipistrelle Hog-nosed Long-Tongued Fisherman

4. “The World’s Gone Batty” North America Australia South America Asia Africa Europe *Bats live almost everywhere. Almost all landforms have some bats.

5. Bat Vocabulary wingspread sound roost nocturnal echolocation cavern endangered camouflage migration echo nectar guano hibernation swoop

6. Connections Math: size comparisons, word problems, charts Language/Writing: journal prompts, bat stories Reading: nonfiction and fiction books, comprehension Social Studies: maps, globes

7. Bat Resource Materials Amazing Bats, Greenway, Frank, Eyewitness Juniors, 1991 Bats, Creatures of the Night, Milton, Joyce, Grosset& Dunlap, 1993 Stellaluna, Cannon, Janell, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1993 Vampire Bats and Other Creatures of the Night, Steele, Philip, Kingfisher, 1995

8. Amazing Bat Facts The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny. A single little brown bat can catch 600 mosquitoes in just one hour. Giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet.