Vampire bats + Mosquito eating bats

2023-11-20 09:44:54

Vampire bats + Mosquito eating bats


Ooooo. Scary!  In this first activity on vampire bats we've given lots of interesting metric and customary unit facts and asked students to relate those sizes to more familiar objects.  Simply enjoy the season with this slightly creepy activity ... metric and customary units, size and weight comparisons, and blood-sucking bats.

Consider starting your class with this National Geographic video:


Encouraging bats might be better than bug repellant - Bats eat mosquitoes ... lots of mosquitoes. Students compare a bat's weight to how much he can consume in one night.  They calculate how much they would need to eat to consume a comparable proportion of food. 6.RP.A, 7.RP.A

Download PDF Download Editable Files
Share this:
Comments (0)
    Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
    Giant chocolate bunnies
    What can you deduce about these bunnies f...
    Two 12s or one 18?
    A little more pizza fun before Pi day! Whic...
    Are baseball games getting longer?
      March 28th, 2018 was opening day for t...
    How much chocolate is left?
    In this short activity, students reason and ...
    Which gasoline is the cheapest?
    When Brian traveled to ...
    Hoarding stopped!
      A Danish market found an...
    Mardi Gras, 2023
    Updated for 2023! Tuesday, February 21, 202...
    How big is this hornet really?
    Egad !!!!   Giant Asian hornets have no...
    Heating with wood - What's a cord?
    Do you know what a cord of wood looks like? What s...
    Cost of light bulbs - updated!
    There's a lot of misinformation out there ab...