Title – The Amazing Yuma Bat and Clapper Rail Unit Plan

By – Brenda E. Wilson

Primary Subject – Science

Secondary Subjects – Language Arts, Math, Music, Computers / Internet, Multidisciplinary

Grade Level – 6

The Incredible Yuma Bat and Clapper Rail Unit Objectives

These 14 lesson plan subjects (not necessarily in order) include


Literature

: Compiling book lists, reading, writing using a Venn Diagram showing the similarities in the Bat and Clapper Rail, book reports, plays, Vocabulary Board Project;


Math

will be Classification of the Endangered Bats and Clapper Rail, graphs and histograms about rise in endangered population;


Science

the typical migration of the Bats and Clapper Rails, echolocaton, observation and hypothesis


Music

learning and writing songs about the Bats and Clapper Rails;


Computers and Internet

: research, Powerpoint, and the creation of graphs and histograms.

There is also a small Social Studies and PE component that could be expanded.

Note from LessonPlansPage.com:

some of these lessons rely on a field trip to the

Yuma (Arizona) West Wetlands

to observe the endangered Yuma Bat and Clapper Rail population. If you do not live near this area, you might be able to adapt parts of this unit to match the bat population or endangered species in your area.

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