Pollinators, Seed Dispersers & Pest Controllers
Pollinators, Seed Dispersers & Pest Controllers
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Objective
Students will explain the positive impact bats have on the environment as pollinators, seed dispersers, and for insect control.
TEKS
- 6: 1G, 2A, 3A-B, 5C-D, & F, 12A, 13C
- 7: 1G, 2A, 3A-B, 5C-D, & F
- 8: 1G, 2A, 3A-B, 5C-D, & F, 13C
- BIO: 1G, 2A, 3A, 3B
Discovery TrunksBats-A-Billion
Materials
Provided
- Student Activity sheet (per student)
- Student Instructions page (per student)
*Provided in Discovery TrunkBats-A-Billion
Not Provided
- Paper image, plastic, silk, or real flowers
- Cheetos-type of orange snack, yellow-orange popcorn salt, or dry yellow-orange tempera paint powder
- Index stock paper
- Construction paper
- Pipe cleaners
- Wooden craft sticks
- Toothpicks
- Masking tape
- Glue sticks
- Aluminum foil
- Wax paper
- Cotton balls
- String
- Straws
- Paper plates
- Cups or any consumable items available
Activity Preparation
- Prepare to show the 2:14-minute video, 1:04 minute video, and the short PowerPoint presentation and facilitate discussions.
- Copy Bat Heads and The Pollinators Student Activity Sheets to complete individually or with a partner.
- Provide a paper image, plastic, silk, or real flowers for student teams to pollinate with their model of a bat head.
- You need to crush up Cheetos-type of orange snack, use yellow-orange popcorn salt, or dry yellow-orange tempera paint powder to simulate pollen for the models of the bat head to use to pollinate the teacher-provided flowers.
- Gather and make consumable materials ready for students to make a model of a bat head.
- 6: 1G, 2A, 3A-B, 5C-D, & F, 12A, 13C
- 7: 1G, 2A, 3A-B, 5C-D, & F
- 8: 1G, 2A, 3A-B, 5C-D, & F, 13C
- BIO: 1G, 2A, 3A, 3B
Pollinators, Seed Dispensers, and Pest Controllers
Students will explain the positive impact bats have on the environment as pollinators, seed dispersers, and for insect control.
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Engage
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The Pollination Night Shift
02:14 -
Saving Bats by Planting Agaves
01:04 -
Explore
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Wings of Life – Bats
06:02 -
Explain
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Evaluate
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Elaborate
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ELPS
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Activity Time1 hour
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Last UpdatedFebruary 24, 2026
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