​Robyn Hunter Early Childhood Education 

 

Subject/Grade Level: Science/2nd grade

 

Common Core State Standards or College & Career Ready Standards (Math, Language Arts) and Alabama State Standard(s):

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.A

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

 

Expected Learning Outcome(s):

Gain knowledge about Megabats and Microbats and be able to classify facts.

 

Materials:

Chart paper

Markers

Construction paper

Bat facts worksheets

 

Engage (Focus)

• Have students begin on the rug and discuss what we already know about bats. Ask: what are 3 things that we have learned so far about bats? How are they different than birds?

• Introduce mega and micro bats and talk about how their names give us some insight on how they may look. (Size)

 

Explore

• Talk about mega bat facts and then micro bat facts using a Venn diagram. Take things that they already know about bats to but in the middle, or have them learn facts about what makes them similar.

 

Explain (Reflect)

• Say: now that we've learned more about mega and micro bats, let's see some examples of them.

• Show students examples of bars from PowerPoint

 

Elaborate-Extend (Apply)

• Have students guess which bats is mega or micro using what we just learned about them.

• Go through some of the facts that may be on the worksheet activity

 

Evaluate

• Have students complete mega/micro bat activity