All About Bats
Mrs. Oberholtz’s First Grade Class
Grapeland Elementary
2005-2006
Are bats mammals or birds?
• Bats are not birds!
• Bats are mammals
• Bats are warm
blooded
• Bats don’t have
feathers
• Bats have furry
bodies
• Bats don’t lay eggs
Where do bats live?
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Caves
Trees
Barns
Attics
Under Bridges
How do bats fly in the dark?
• Bats use echolocation
• Bats make high
beeping sounds as
they fly
• These sounds bounce
off things like insects
and fruit
• Bats then follow the
sounds
What do bats eat?
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Mostly insects
Fruit
Frogs
Small rodents
When do bats sleep?
• Bats sleep during the
day
• They sleep hanging
upside down
Do bats migrate?
• Bats fly to warmer
places when it starts
to get cold
Do bats hibernate?
• Bats hibernate in the
winter
• Bats eat lots of food
• Bats can’t hunt for
insects or fruit in the
winter
Are bats dangerous?
• Bats are only
dangerous if sick or
hurt
• Bats are shy and
gentle
• Bats like to be left
alone
How are bats helpful to our world?
• Bats eat millions of
insects every night
• These insects eat our
crops
• Bats spread pollen
from plant to plant
• Bats carry plant
seeds from place to
place
Fun Facts
• Bats are the only
mammal that can fly
• Bats are nocturnal
• There are over 900
species of bats
• The vampire bat is
the only bat that
drinks blood
Were you Listening?
• Are bats mammals?
• Are bats more active
during the day or during
the night?
• Do bats hang upsidedown when they sleep?
• Do some bats eat
insects?
• What bat drinks blood?
• Do some bats eat fruit?
I Got This From
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California Department of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/documents/sci-stnd.pdf
Content Standards for 1st grade
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
www.vet.cornell.edu/ OGE/fieldsofstudy.htm
White Winged Vampire Bats
Enchanted Forest
www.the-tree.org.uk/ EnchantedForest/Bats/bats.htm
Really Big Eared Bat
Ace Clipart
www.ace-clipart.com/ animal-clipart-02.html
Bat on the Moon
Westport
ces.westport.k12.ct.us/ ces/visitour.htm
Crayon Bat on Moon
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Janet Davis
www.janetdavis.net/ janets_page/clipart.html
Big Moon Bat
Bat Echotaping
tecfa.unige.ch/perso/ staf/nova/blog/2005/03/
showing echolocation of bats
Connected.telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../ 2005/04/06/bat.jpg
picture of vampire bat
Venezuela site
research.amnh.org/ users/davalos/vampires.jpg
vampire bats in a cave
users.telenet.be/ HappyHalloween/Knutsels.html
clipart on bats
Micosoft explorer
http://www.moorhen.demon.co.uk/bats1.htm