Batnado

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Objective

The facilitator sets cones to mimic a cave-like funnel, and students are directed to leave the funnel and gather as many “insects” as they can. Students then engage with bat content regarding adaptations and strategies related to living in colonies, including watching a video of bats leaving Bracken Cave, and study graphics showing echolocation calls. Students are directed to then try the exercise again using adaptive strategies.

TEKS

  • 6: a1Ai-ii; a1E; a3A-B; b1G; b3A-B; 6b5G; b12A-C
  • 7: a1Ai-ii; a1E; a3A-B; b1G; b3A-B; b5G; b12A-C
  • 8: a1Ai-ii; a1E; a3A-B; b1G; b3A-B; b5G; b12A-C
Discovery Trunks

Materials

Provided

  • Video, bats leaving Bracken cave
*Provided in Discovery Trunk
Not Provided

  • Orange cones
  • Small items such as scarves, balls, etc. (to represent insects; enough for 3x the number of participants)
  • Feeding buzz image/spectrogram
  • Stopwatch/timer
  • Scarves (optional: to act as blindfolds)

Activity Preparation

  • Set orange cones to create a path with a bottleneck/funnel and scatter "insect" representatives around the area outside the funnel.
  • Setup computer/TV/projector for watching videos.

  • 6: a1Ai-ii; a1E; a3A-B; b1G; b3A-B; 6b5G; b12A-C
  • 7: a1Ai-ii; a1E; a3A-B; b1G; b3A-B; b5G; b12A-C
  • 8: a1Ai-ii; a1E; a3A-B; b1G; b3A-B; b5G; b12A-C

Batnado
The facilitator sets cones to mimic a cave-like funnel, and students are directed to leave the funnel and gather as many "insects" as they can. Students then engage with bat content regarding adaptations and strategies related to living in colonies, including watching a video of bats leaving Bracken Cave, and study graphics showing echolocation calls. Students are directed to then try the exercise again using adaptive strategies.

  • Key Understanding
  • Script
  • Bracken Cave Preserve
    04:55
  • Script – Echolocation
  • Script – Communication
  • Sources
  • Glossary

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