Let’s Go Batty!
Little Bat
Small and furry,
little bat,
fly through the sky at night.
Listen, listen,
little bat
as echoes guide your flight.
Swoop and dive,
little bat,
catch insects as you fly.
Hurry, hurry,
little bat,
back to your nearby cave.
Snug and warm,
little bat,
toes hold the ceiling light.
Sleepy, sleepy,
little bat,
wrapped in your wings until night
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Sleeping Bats
(to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
Bats are sleeping,
Bats are sleeping,
Upside down,
Upside down,
Sleeping in the morning sun,
Waiting for the night to come,
Then they'll fly all around,
Then they'll fly all around.
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Five Little Bats
Five little bats hanging upside down,
The first little one didn't make a sound.
The second one said, "I'll fly far tonight."
The third one said, "I don't like sunlight."
The fourth one said, "I want to eat some bugs."
The fifth one said, "Let me give you a hug."
Five little bats hanging upside down.
Shhh! It's daytime, don't make a sound!
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Flying Bats
If I could hide inside this cave,
What a wondrous sight I'd see;
Brown bats all hanging upside down
Like dark leaves on a tree.
Their mouths wide open as they fly,
Shouting sounds as they go by;
The echoes bounce off rocks and things.
To help them steer their hunter's wings.
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Spooky Bats
Spooky bats go flying at night,
Flapping about in the pale moonlight.
Spreading their wings, they're a scary sight!
But truth be told, there's no need for fright.
Spooky bats are really not bad.
They eat harmful insects, for which we're glad!
They're somewhat shy, I might also add.
But never grab one - it could get mad!
Spooky bats like to sleep in the day.
They hang upside down and doze that way!
Caves and trees are where they stay.
Until it grows dark - then it's up and away.
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Bat
A bat can hang upside down
It holds on with its toes
When it wants to find some food
It spreads its wings and goes
A bat might live inside a cave
And fly around at night
And when it's dark a bat knows how
to get around all right.
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Amazing Bats
Amazing bats like to eat
Thousands of bugs for a tasty treat. br>
Flying through the moonlit air,
Traveling here and traveling there.
Hibernating when the weather's cold,
Gathered with hundreds of friends,
I'm told.
Many bats are endangered, I'm sad to say
There are fewer and fewer bats every day.
Be kind to bats, that's the thing to do,
Tell your friends and your family too!
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Five Black Bats
By Shel Silverstein
Five black bats
Ready to soar;
One stayed behind,
Now there are four.
Four black bats
Hanging from a tree;
One fell down,
Now there are three.
Three black bats
Wondering what to do;
One flew away,
Now there are two.
Two black bats
Sitting in the sun;
One fell asleep,
Leaving only one.
One lonesome bat
With no place to go,
Went hiding in a cave,
Now there are zero.
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Bats Are Neat
Flying, flying in the sky,
Bats are neat, I'll tell you why.
Flying foxes are the tallest,
Bumblebee bats are the smallest.
Bats are yellow, red, and brown,
Bats sleep hanging upside-down.
Some eat bugs and some eat fruit,
Some look mean and some look cute.
Flying, flying in the sky,
Bats are neat, now you know why!
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The Bat
Douglas Florian
The bat is batty as can be.
It sleeps all day in cave or tree,
And when the sun sets in the sky,
It rises from its rest to fly.
All night this mobile mammal mugs
A myriad of flying bugs.
And after its night out on the town,
The batty bat sleeps upside down.
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Bats
Are all bats hairy, scary things
Rushing past on muffled wings,
Out of caves into the night,
On some silent, secret flight?
I think not! I think they're great!
No matter size or shape or weight.
From radio waves to airplane wings
Bats can teach me many things.
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Bat Facts
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 Bats are the most endangered mammal in North
America.
Bats are "nocturnal", meaning that they are awake at night and sleep during the day.
The scientific name for bats is Chiroptera, "hand-wing".
There are 2 major types of bats: microbats & megabats.
Microbats can see but rely on echolocation (sonar waves so high pitched that humans can't hear it) to capture bugs at night.
Megabats have large eyes to see flowers and fruit in the night.
Bats are considered natures best bug control.
Besides night insects, bats eat fish, frogs, fruit, nectar, and blood of vertebrates.
Bats are mammals that have fur, are born alive,and drink milk from their mothers.
Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
Bats have only one baby a year.
All bats can see, some better than us.
A bat has thumbs. Its thumbs help it to climb trees.
Bats sleep upside down because the bones in their legs cannot hold their heavy body and wings for very long. It also prepares their wings for flight and keeps them safe from predators.
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BATS by Gail Gibbons is a wonderful book for facts about bats.
Here is a picture of our flying bats.
Students traced around a bat pattern and added facial features.
Some of the students had pretty scary looking bats!
The wings on each side are folded in two places.
I punched two holes in the head part of the bat and hung them
with black pipe cleaners on our blinds and from the ceiling.
One year I had them upside down on a clothesline.
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Click on the bat for a book about facts that I made.
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Student Work