Bat Kits for Grades K-12
Educators may check out one of three Wisconsin bat educational kits for use in the classroom free of charge.
There is a K-3 kit, a 4-6 kit, and a 7-12 kit.
Each kit contains a teacher’s guide to help the educator share information about bats, as well as many bat-friendly books, posters, and videos.
Each kit includes an Echometer for measuring bat echolocation. The Echometer must be plugged into a phone or tablet USB-C port and requires the Wildlife Acoustics Echometer app to use. The Echometers were generously made available by the Wisconsin DNR Bat Program, on permanent loan from Virginia Tech researchers at Langwig Lab and Disease Ecology and Conservation Lab.
K-3 Bat Kit
Kit includes:
- Bats – A Creativity Book for Young Conservations
- Bats – Thematic Unit
- Educator’s Activity Book About Bats
- LEAF K-1 Lesson 5 “Animals Need Forests Too”
- Stellaluna book with CD
- Shadows of Night
- Bat Jamboree
- Bats on Parade
- Batty Riddles
- Bats Incredible
- What is a Bat?
- Extremely Weird Bats!
- Bats Around the Clock
- B-b-b-bats!
- The Magic School Bus: The Truth About Bats
- Bats Undercover
- The Magic School Bus: Fact Finder BATS
- Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats (9)
- Bats: Swift Shadows in the Twilight
- Amazing Bats
- Bat Handling Rap Card (laminated)
- Bat House Model (1/2 size)
- White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (laminated)
- Battle of Bats Brochure (laminated)
- Mounted Plexiglass (enclosed) bat
- Stellaluna puppet
- Bat Kit Videos laminated sheet with URL’s
- Amazing Bat Trivia
- Bats of America
- Bats of the Great Lakes Region
- Fruit Bat Skeleton
- Sleeps All Day
Other resources for this kit:
4-6 Bat Kit
Kit includes:
- Bat Kit Activities Binder
- Educator’s Activity Book About Bats
- Discover Bats!
- Bat Mural Folder (Guide, Key, Copy pages)
- Golden Guide to Bats of the World
- Bats of the United States
- Extremely Weird Bats!
- Bats Strange & Wonderful
- The Bat Poet
- What is a Bat?
- How Bats “See” in the Dark
- Bats: Mammals That Fly
- Bats A to Z
- Bats Undercover
- A Little Brown Bat Story
- The Magic School Bus: The Truth About Bats
- Silverwing (6 copies) & Study Guide
- Bat Handling Rap Card (laminated)
- Bat House Model (1/2 size)
- White-Nose Syndrome in Bats (laminated)
- Battle of Bats Brochure (laminated)
- Mounted Plexiglass (enclosed) bat
- Cactus Café Book with Puppet
- Bat Kit Videos laminated sheet with URL’s
- Amazing Bat Trivia
Echo Activity
Little Brown Bat – What’s Your Habitat?
- Cardstock Green Trees and Brown Snags
- Blue Fabric – Steam
- Two Yards of Green Fabric for Story Cloth
- Bitty the Bunny
- Cuddlekins Mini Raccoon
- Plastic Measuring Worms (5 pieces)
- Stuffed Bat
- Fabric Leaves
- Plastic Mini Ants (5)
- Stuffed Squirrel
- Large Popsicle Sticks for Story Characters
- Plastic Travel Container
- Bats of America
- Bats of the Great Lakes Region
- Fruit Bat Skeleton
- Sleeps All Day
Other resources for this kit:
7-12 Bat Kit
Kit includes:
- Bat Trunk Activities
- Project Underground Curriculum Guide
- Discover Bats!
- Tree scale/cruising stick
- Working the Night Shift
- Nitrile exam gloves
- 7 felt bat models
- 4 spring scales
- 7 rulers
- Paper bags
- There is a Fungus Among Us
- Fabric tape measure
- Detergent
- Beginner’s Guide to Bats
- Portable black light
- AA batteries
- Battle for Bats DVD (English/Spanish)
- Building Homes for Bats DVD
- Science of Bats DVD
- Bat skeleton plaque
- Bat skeleton display
- Bat skull replica
- Battle for Bats brochure
- Bat facts
- Laminated White-Nose Syndrome flyer
- Laminated bat card
- Bats of Eastern North America poster
- Bats of Eastern North America brochure
- Large felt bat model
Other resources for this kit:
Heather Phelps
WCEE Resource Specialist
Contact Heather with any kit-related questions.