Teachers & Parents

Introduction

The Save Lucy website is designed to allow children to explore bats and conservation by reading Lucy’s Story, then joining Lucy’s Club, where young users earn points by completing various conservation projects. The suggested actions are described in the Take Action to Help Bats section of this site.

Registered users can also contribute by uploading drawings, photos, or written material to the I Care Project. We hope this opportunity will encourage creativity and allow young people to explore different ways to voice their care and concern for bats and the environment.

Finally, we encourage users to record bat sightings. As bat populations decline, knowing how many there once were will inform management decisions. In addition, we believe that children of all ages need to go outside and explore the natural world. We hope to encourage bat watching as a way for families to explore the outdoors at dusk and dawn, when bats are active and visible.

In order to make this site as useful as possible, we welcome suggestions, likes, and dislikes from educators, parents, and users. Please let us know what you think by contacting us at saveLucy@saveLucytheBat.org.

Please check back often as we will be adding resources and activities. Feel free to let us know about your favorites!

Thank you and happy batting.

The Save Lucy team

Resources

» Label the bat diagram (pdf)
» Lucy Bat Paper Sculpture
little brown bat sculpture design by AMR-150dpi
Lucy the Little Brown Bat Sculpture instructions
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Bats on the Web


The following websites have accurate and useful activities for children and feature a wealth of information about bats. Please consider supporting these organizations and agencies, as they are on the front lines of bat conservation and are working very hard to protect bats from WNS.

US Fish & Wildlife Service classroom curriculum for the endangered Indiana bat

http://www.fws.gov/Midwest/endangered/mammals/inba/curriculum/

US Fish & Wildlife Service white nose syndrome site

http://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/

Bat World Sanctuary’s teacher’s page (there is a lot of information to be found at Bat World Sanctuary’s website)

http://batworld.org/teachers-page/

Bat Conservation International (Probably the best-known bat conservation organization in the world!)

http://www.batcon.org

Many state wildlife agencies have wonderful information on native wildlife. A few of our favorites are listed below.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Plants_Wildlife/bats/index.asp

http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/1890.html

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/