Students observe, test, and record the properties of rocks.
Magnifying lenses are important rock-looking tools.
After reading the book Stellaluna, children help prepare
odor vials which will be used in a classroom simulation of one
of the ways mother bats recognize their own babies among
thousands of babies. They smell them. Each baby has its own
special smell.
Here are some "baby bats" found by "mother bats," who recognized
their baby’s smell or odor.
Carla’s students make classroom caves in which bats roost.
Children construct their own bat books. This one is called
Ballerina Bat.
Cindi and Matilde display bat books, one homemade and the other,
the classic Stellaluna.
Very popular classroom treats were the Bat Brownies.
