Chapter Three Lessons
Lesson 3.1 Reading Follow-up Activity
Lesson 3.2 Adapting to the Dark-Bats and People
Lesson 3.3 Let's Visit a Cave
Lesson 3.1 Reading Follow-up Activity
Grade Levels |
Scientific Topics |
Disciplines |
K, 1, 2, 3 |
Geology Biology |
Science Reading Writing |
Activity Summary
- Describe the living arrangements of a bat colony.
- Define the word "guano."
Educational Goals
Students will be able to:
- Explain how water and limestone interact to form caves.
- Define "troglobite," "trogloxene," and "troglophile."
- Describe some of the dangers of cave exploration.
- Explain how water makes cave rock formations.
Materials Provided
Procedure
- Distribute Handout 6: Reading Follow-up Coloring Page.
- While students are coloring, talk about Discussion Questions, below.
- Incorporate New Words into writing and vocabulary lessons.
- Assign writing topics to advanced students.
Discussion Questions
- What are the three groups of cave animals?
(Troglobites, trogloxenes, and troglophiles.)
- Encourage the class to pronounce the words out loud as a group. Although the words are long, they have a musical, amusing sound. Revisit the Rock Music song to help.
- In which categories are the following animals: bat, pale cave fish, earthworm?
- What would happen to cave animals if a bat colony were scared away?
- Imagine a cave with no bat colony. What would happen if a bat colony moved in?
- Where on your picture are crickets, the bat colony, and guano? Why are the bats upside down?
New Words:
All grades |
colony, droppings, energy, guano, millipede |
Kindergarten |
hard, ice, loose, rocks, sleep |
Grade 1 |
butter, chatter, children, finger, joke, knee, scared, splash |
Grade 2 |
sandwich, secret, stomach, supper, flashlight |
Grade 3 |
stiff, critter, cricket, celery, odor, peanut |
Writing Assignment: Grade 2-3
Write a poem about cave animals that live in the dark. How can they find things in the dark? What do they eat? Do they have strange names?
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