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Cave Animals. By Lisa Zehrung. For teachers. For students. Teacher Home Page. Target Audience. Objectives. Learning Environment. Student Home Page. Target Audience. 2-3 Graders Little/no previous knowledge of cave animals Very short attention span Prefer images over text
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Cave Animals By Lisa Zehrung For teachers For students
Teacher Home Page Target Audience Objectives Learning Environment Student Home Page
Target Audience • 2-3 Graders • Little/no previous knowledge of cave animals • Very short attention span • Prefer images over text • Like bright colors
Learning Environment • Access to a computer with PowerPoint and internet • Access to headphones so as not to disturb the other students • Completed individually
Objectives • 1.Given a description of a cave animal, studentswillbe able to identifywhich cave animal itiswith 100% accuracy. • 2. Given a photo of a cave animal, students will be able to describe what characteristics the animal possesses with 100% accuracy. • 3. Given this PowerPoint Presentation, the students will be able to answer the six quiz questions with 100% accuracy.
Student Home Page Bats Cave Harvestmen Cave Harvestmen Review Bat Review Quiz Review Video
The BatWhy learn about the bat? Hi! I’m Leroy the bat! I need help finding my way home. Will you help me?
What do bats look like? • Bats are mammals, like people. • Bats are black or brown with wings.
What do bats eat? • Bats eat insects, fruit, fish and frogs!
How do bats sleep? • Upside down! • In groups
How do bats hunt? • Bats make very high-pitched noises and if it bounces off something they know not to fly there!
What are their babies like? • Babies are called “pups” • Born without hair • Drink milk from their mom • Like humans, are normally born 1 at a time
How long have they been around? • Bats have existed for 50 million years!
Bat Review How do bats fly in the darkness? A. They taste the air. B. They use high-pitched sounds to listen to where walls are. C. They feel hot or cold.
Oh no! A is incorrect. Bats don’t have that great of taste, but their ears are very good!
Oh no! C is incorrect! Bats don’t feel the air, but they do use their ears!
Cave Harvestmen Hello! I’m Lucy! I need help finding my way home! Can you help me?
What do cave harvestmen look like? • They are very tiny! • They look like spiders with yellow bodies.
What do they eat? They eat hexapods, which are a lot like insects.
Where do cave harvestmen live? • In caves • In places where the temperature is always the same
How do they survive? • They get their nutrients through the water in the ground.
What are their threats? Fire ants!
What does their future look like? If people keep taking over caves, they will go extinct.
Cave Harvestmen Review What is harming cave harvestmen? A. Snakes B. Bats C. Fire ants
Oh no! A is incorrect. Snakes aren’t harming them. It is kind of insect!
Oops! B is incorrect! Bats are not harming them. It is another kind of insect!
Woohoo! C is correct. I think you’re ready for the review video!
Quiz Question 1 Bats are mammals. A. True B. False
Yes! A is correct! Bats are mammals.
Uh oh! B is incorrect! It is not false.
Quiz Question 2 What do bats eat? A. Insects B. Flowers C. Water
Woohoo! A is correct! Insects are part of a bat’s diet!
Not quite! B is incorrect. Bats don’t eat flowers, but they eat something that crawls!
Oops! C is incorrect. Bats don’t eat water, but they eat something that lives in the caves with them!
Quiz Question 3 Bats sleep on their backs. A. False B. True
Yay! A is right! Bats don’t sleep on their backs, they sleep upside down!
Oh no! B is incorrect! Bats don’t sleep on their backs!
Quiz Question 4 Cave harvestmen look like snakes. A. True B. False
Uh oh! A is incorrect! Cave harvestmen don’t look like snakes!
Yes! B is correct! Cave harvestmen don’t look like snakes, they look like spiders!
Quiz Question 5 What do cave harvestmen like to eat? A. Spiders B. Hexapods C. Worms
Oh no! A is incorrect! But cave harvestmen eat something like an insect!
Yeah! B is correct! Cave harvestmen eat hexapods!
Oops! C is incorrect! Cave harvestmen eat something like an insect!
Quiz Question 6 Fire ants are harmful to cave harvestmen. A. False B. True