{"id":180,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/learning-about-bats-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:01:26","slug":"learning-about-bats-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/learning-about-bats-2\/","title":{"raw":"Learning About Bats","rendered":"Learning About Bats"},"content":{"raw":"Now have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/buildingblocks\/chapter\/learning-about-bats\/\">Learning About Bats<\/a> or distribute the <span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QBgualdO5qmHuJ0n4VTMYtKhStSjlpXG\/view?usp=sharing\">handout<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nHave students work in pairs or small groups to fill the \"Know\" and \"Want to Know\" spaces.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\nCirculate among students to provide help and prompting questions such as:\r\n\r\nWhat have you heard or read about bats?\r\n\r\nWhat do you think of when you think of bats?\r\n\r\nWhat do you want to know about how bats live?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext, have students use the safe search sources to answer their questions. 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