An introduction to BATS

1. An introduction to BATS

2. Pictures of bats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

3. Bat film-clips Raw Nature Vampire bats Origami bat Bats Sense What sounds do bats make Corwin’s bats Why do bats Hang upside down Mexican Free-tailed bats Bat gathering What bats do Bats role in the ecosytem Vampire Bats biting people Vampire bat eating a Wrinkle bat Eating bats Echolocation Song Fruit bats Hand-reared Fruit bat Vampire bat attacking a pig Keeping bats as pets Mother bats and their babies

4. Bat websites BCT Kids zone Bats Of Britain Bats Illustrated Bat Safari B.B.C Wildlife finder Bats 4 kids Pipistrelle Fact sheet Pipistrelle archive Encouraging bats into your garden Merseysideand West Lancs bat Group

5. 1 DIFFERENT DWELLINGS Bats can be found in many different habitats. They live in jungles, dry areas and even in inhabited areas. Bats are nocturnal animals and during the day they roost in different places. They hang from cave walls or hide in crevices. They can also be found in forests, hanging from the branches of trees. You can also find bats in abandoned houses. Other bats like to roost in hollow trees. Most bats live in groups. Some of these groups are very large. There is a cave in America that is the home to over 20 million bats ! Only a few species live on their own. These bats are called solitary bats. The males and females of some species live separately and only come together to mate. Other bats form mixed colonies and live together for most of the year. Key Words

6. abandoned colonies crevice habitat inhabited hollow mate

7. nocturnal separate species

8. abandoned A place that is no longer lived in. To leave a place without meaning to return. colonies A groups of animals that live together.

9. crevice A narrow crack, found in the walls or ceilings of a cave or cliff. habitat The natural home of an animal. The place where an animal lives in the world.

10. inhabited A place where lots of humans also live - a village, town or city A space also lived in by lots of animals. hollow Something that is not solid. Something that has an empty space inside.

11. mate When a male and a female come together to reproduce and have babies nocturnal Animals that sleep during the day but are active at night

12. separate To live apart by choice Not together all of the time species A group of animals which are alike

13. CARD 1

14. 1 DIFFERENT DWELLINGS Bats can be found in many different habitats. They live in jungles, dry areas and even in inhabited areas. Bats are nocturnal animals and during the day they roost in different places. They hang from cave walls or hide in crevices. They can also be found in forests, hanging from the branches of trees. You can also find bats in abandoned houses. Other bats like to roost in hollow trees. Most bats live in groups. Some of these groups are very large. There is a cave in America that is the home to over 20 million bats ! Only a few species live on their own. These bats are called solitary bats. The males and females of some species live separately and only come together to mate. Other bats form mixed colonies and live together for most of the year. 1 Para 1 Explain what ‘habitat’ means ? I 2 2 Para 1 List the three different types of habitats mentioned in the first paragraph. L 1 3 Para 1 What do you think ‘inhabited areas’ means ? I 2 4 Para 2 Use you own words to explain what ‘nocturnal’ mean ? I 2 5 Para 2 List the different places where bats roost ? L 1

15. 1 DIFFERENT DWELLINGS Bats can be found in many different habitats. They live in jungles, dry areas and even in inhabited areas. Bats are nocturnal animals and during the day they roost in different places. They hang from cave walls or hide in crevices. They can also be found in forests, hanging from the branches of trees. You can also find bats in abandoned houses. Other bats like to roost in hollow trees. Most bats live in groups. Some of these groups are very large. There is a cave in America that is the home to over 20 million bats ! Only a few species live on their own. These bats are called solitary bats. The males and females of some species live separately and only come together to mate. Other bats form mixed colonies and live together for most of the year. 1 Para 1 Explain what ‘habitat’ means ? I 2 Here are some model answers for you to look at. Which is the best answer ? What makes it the best answer ? 1.Habitat means where the animal lives. 2. Habitat means where you can find the animal in the wild. 3. An animals habitat is where you will find the animal living when it is in the wild.

16. 1 DIFFERENT DWELLINGS Bats can be found in many different habitats. They live in jungles, dry areas and even in inhabited areas. Bats are nocturnal animals and during the day they roost in different places. They hang from cave walls or hide in crevices. They can also be found in forests, hanging from the branches of trees. You can also find bats in abandoned houses. Other bats like to roost in hollow trees. Most bats live in groups. Some of these groups are very large. There is a cave in America that is the home to over 20 million bats ! Only a few species live on their own. These bats are called solitary bats. The males and females of some species live separately and only come together to mate. Other bats form mixed colonies and live together for most of the year. 2 Para 1 List the three different types of habitats mentioned in the first paragraph. L 1 Here are some model answers for you to look at. Which is the best answer ? What makes it the best answer ? 1. Jungles dry areas and even in inhabited areas. 2.The three different types of habitats that are mentioned are jungles, dry areas and inhabited areas. 3. Bats can live in jungles, dry areas and in even where people live.

17. 1 DIFFERENT DWELLINGS Bats can be found in many different habitats. They live in jungles, dry areas and even in inhabited areas. Bats are nocturnal animals and during the day they roost in different places. They hang from cave walls or hide in crevices. They can also be found in forests, hanging from the branches of trees. You can also find bats in abandoned houses. Other bats like to roost in hollow trees. Most bats live in groups. Some of these groups are very large. There is a cave in America that is the home to over 20 million bats ! Only a few species live on their own. These bats are called solitary bats. The males and females of some species live separately and only come together to mate. Other bats form mixed colonies and live together for most of the year. 3 Para 1 What do you think ‘inhabited areas’ means ? I 2 Here are some model answers for you to look at. Which is the best answer ? What makes it the best answer ? 1.It means where people live. 2.Inhabited areas are where we live. 3. I thin inhabited areas means where humans live, like in towns and cities.

18. 1 DIFFERENT DWELLINGS Bats can be found in many different habitats. They live in jungles, dry areas and even in inhabited areas. Bats are nocturnal animals and during the day they roost in different places. They hang from cave walls or hide in crevices. They can also be found in forests, hanging from the branches of trees. You can also find bats in abandoned houses. Other bats like to roost in hollow trees. Most bats live in groups. Some of these groups are very large. There is a cave in America that is the home to over 20 million bats ! Only a few species live on their own. These bats are called solitary bats. The males and females of some species live separately and only come together to mate. Other bats form mixed colonies and live together for most of the year. 4 Para 2 Use you own words to explain what ‘nocturnal’ mean ? I 2 Here are some model answers for you to look at. Which is the best answer ? What makes it the best answer ? 1.They don’t come out in the day. 2.Nocturnal means that they only come out in the night. 3. I think nocturnal means that they sleep during the day and come out to feed at night-time.

19. 1 DIFFERENT DWELLINGS Bats can be found in many different habitats. They live in jungles, dry areas and even in inhabited areas. Bats are nocturnal animals and during the day they roost in different places. They hang from cave walls or hide in crevices. They can also be found in forests, hanging from the branches of trees. You can also find bats in abandoned houses. Other bats like to roost in hollow trees. Most bats live in groups. Some of these groups are very large. There is a cave in America that is the home to over 20 million bats ! Only a few species live on their own. These bats are called solitary bats. The males and females of some species live separately and only come together to mate. Other bats form mixed colonies and live together for most of the year. 5 Para 2 List the different places where bats roost ? L 1 Here are some model answers for you to look at. Which is the best answer ? What makes it the best answer ? 1.Caves walls crevices trees abandoned houses and in hollow trees. 2.Bats can roost in caves, walls, crevices, trees, abandoned houses and in hollow trees.