9. Bat Bakery (lesson plan provided)
- Science
- in cooperative groups students research the food requirements of
the bats studied in the previous activity
- the groups confirm their findings with the teacher and receive a
cut-out of this food item to be used for a pattern when cutting out this shape from cookie
dough
- the cookies are baked after being cut out and the class indulges
in food from the Bat Bakery as presented by each group
Bat Bakery
| Grade: |
Three/Four |
| Subject: |
Science |
| Topic: |
What bats eat |
| Time Frame: |
2 hours |
CELs:
- share in their own words, ideas which are read and discussed (C)
- summarize information in a variety of ways
(CCT)
- work cooperatively and contribute positively in group learning
activities (PSVS)
Materials:
- bat books or information sheets
- food cut-outs (e.g. fruit, flowers, animals, insects)
- cookie dough and cookie sheets
- decorations (e.g. raisins, chocolate sprinkles)
- plastic knives
Objectives:
- Students will learn that bats eat many kinds of food
Procedure:
Set Induction (15 min.)
- ask students for ideas of what they might see if they went to an
imaginary Bat Bakery
- tell them they can visit one in the afternoon, but it will take
a little work
Main Procedure (60 min.)
- have students move into the cooperative groups established in
earlier activities
- explain the procedure while introducing the group roles:
- Reader - reads from book or information sheet about the eating
habits of the species of bat the group worked on previously
- Writer - writes down the kinds of food the species of bat eats
and confirms the discovery with the teacher, receiving at that time a cutout of that food
type
- Cutter - goes for cookie dough that the teacher has rolled out
on a sheet and proceeds to cut out cookies by cutting around the food cut-out with a
plastic knife
- Decorator - adds features to the cookie cut-out using the
decorations provided
- before starting review what waiting your turn should look and
sound like
- explain that cookies will be baked over the noon hour and the
class will be able to visit the Bat Bakery in the afternoon
Closure (30 min.)
- one by one the writers from each group presents the kind of
cookie specific to their groups species
- when the presentations are complete everyone gets a cookie from
the Bat Bakery
Evaluation:
- ask students to generate a class list of the main kinds of foods
bats eat and take note of their answers