Resources
Web Sites
Books
- How Nature Works by David Burnie, Reader’s Digest Association,
1991. A useful book for the junior high level detailing different
aspects within phyla, with a small ecology section including food
chains and habitats. Clear descriptions and colorful pictures, some
experiments.
- Exploring Caves, U.S. Department of the Interior/ U.S. Geological
Survey, 1997. Includes lesson plans on various science topics including
Earth Science and Biology. Appropriate for grades K-3.
- BATS: Swift Shadows in the Twilight by Ann C. Cooper,
Denver Museum of Natural History, 1994. A collection of activities
about bats. Includes Native American legends about bats.
- Cactus Cafe: A Story of the Sonoran Desert by Kathleen Weidner
Zoehfeld, Soundprints, 1997. Focuses on the Saguaro Cactus and its
role in the desert. Includes descriptions of various animals and how
they depend on the cactus for food and shelter.
- Marcelo el Mucielago/ Marcelo the Bat by Laura Navarro,
Bat Conservation International, Inc., 1997. A bat story written in
both English and Spanish. Includes interesting facts about bats.
- Creatures of the Desert World National Geographic Society,
1987. A colorful, pop-up about plants and animals of the desert.
- The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, Reading Rainbow
Book, 1992. A whimsical retelling the classic story of The Three
Little Pigs.Takes place in the Southwest.
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, Harcourt Brace & Company,
1993. A children’s book with a heart-warming story about a bat
who lost his mother.
- Bat Jamboree by Kathi Appelt, First Scholastic printing,
1997. A colorful story filled with bats and other animals. Suitable
for elementary grades.
- Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats by Ann Earle, Harper
Collins Publishers, 1995. Includes interesting and fun facts about
bats.
- Batbaby by Robert Quackenbush, Random House, 1997. A brief
bat story . Includes colorful drawings and text.
- The Bat House Builder's Handbook by Merlin D. Tuttle and
Donna L. Hensley, Bat Conservation International, Inc., 1993. Teaches
how to build a bat house. Includes information on bats and bat conservation.
- Bats: Night Fliers by Betsy Maestro, Scholastic Inc., 1994.
Includes descriptive detail and facts on bats. Teaches about the different
types of bats.
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