Grade 1-2
By April Wright and Dara Zafron
Welcome Everyone!
We are going to take a journey into the world of bats and how they use sound.
Come along and check it out...
What is sound?
As we have learned, sound is made when a substance or object vibrates and sends out a sound wave. Our ears can hear these sound waves. When a substance or object stops vibrating the sound also stops.
Challenge:
The challenge for you boys and girls is to discover how bats use echolocation, what they use it for, and what these echoes look and sound like. So dive right in and have some fun.
What is echolocation?
Echolocation is when a sound is produced and sends out a sound wave. The sound wave then bounces off an object and sends an echo back.
Let's explore echolocation further!
Check out this link and listen to three different types of bats using echolocation
Bat Songs
Some important facts about bats and how they use echolocation
The Story of Echo the Bat
Journey 1:
After you finish reading the story of Echo the bat it is your task to write one thing you learned about how bats use echolocation.
Check out this link of a bat using echolocation
Animated Picture of Echolocation
Journey 2:
Now that you've seen how a bat uses echolocation above and what the echoes look like as they travel through the air it is your turn to draw your own bat using echolocation to find his dinner. You will need a piece of white paper and markers. You must make sure your picture includes a bat, its prey (what it is searching for to eat) and the echoes the bat hears and uses to help see.
Here are some keywords that you can use to help you on your journey
echolocation
bats
sound
echo
Thanks for coming along on this fun journey about bats and sound!
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If you have any comments or questions about this website, please feel free to email us
April or Dara
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Resources:
http://sunsite.tus.ac.jp/multimed/pics/animals/bat.jpg
http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/echo.htm
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/intro/story.html
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/teacher/batty/
http://www.mrsjones.org/themes/bats.html