We had a brainstorming session where the students talked with their partners and came up with things that they knew, or thought they knew, about bats. All answers were accepted. As we learn about bats we will confirm or debunk these thoughts and ideas.
Students then came up with a list of questions that they want to know about bats.
These will form the basis of our inquiry into bats. We are currently reading, “Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats”. So far students have learned that bats eat mosquitoes (so they won’t bite us) and help protect crops for farmers by eating grasshoppers, moths, and other bugs. The Little Brown Bat can eat 600 mosquitoes in one hour!