Credits & References

I. Children’s books for independent reading & read-alouds:

A. Fiction Book used on the Webquest:

Cannon, J. (1993). Stellaluna. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc..

1.) Additional Fiction Books:

Cole, J. (1996). The magic school bus: Going batty – A book about bats. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Quackenbush, R. (2001). Batbaby finds a home (Level 2). NY:

Random House, Inc..

B. Non-fiction Books used on the Webquest:

Berman, R. (1998). Squeaking bats. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

Bland, C. (1997). Eyes on nature: Bats. Chicago, IL: Kidsbooks, Inc..

Shebar, S. S., & Shebar, S. E. (1990). Bats, A Franklin Watts Library Edition (No. 0-531-10863-5). NY: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.

Stoops, E. D., & Williams, K. J. (2001). Bat basics. Benton Harbor, MI: Faulkner’s Publishing Group, Inc..

Wood, L. (2000). Scholastic science readers (Level 1): Bats. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

1.) Additional Non-fiction Books:

Bash, B. (1993). Shadows of night: The hidden world of the little brown bat. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books For Children.

Gibbons, G. (1999). Bats. NY: Holiday House.

Greenaway, F. (1991). Eyewitness Juniors: Amazing bats. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Jeunesse, G., & Peyrols, S. (2004). Night creatures: A first discovery book. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc..

Lake, C. (1998). The bats (Level 1). Bothell, WA: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill.

Lovett, S. (1991). Extremely weird: Bats. Santa Fe, NM: John Muir Publications.

Maestro, B. (1994). Bats: Night fliers. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc..

Price, C. (1997). Bats, bats, bats (Level 1). Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn Company.

Pringle, L. (2000). Bats! Strange and wonderful. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, Inc..

Robinson, F. (2001). Flying bats! (Level 1). New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc..

II. Teacher resource books:

A. Fiction books:

Cole, J. (1999). The magic school bus: The truth about bats (Chapter book #1). New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc..

B. Non-fiction books:

Ackerman, D. (1997). Bats: Shadows in the night. New York,

NY: Crown Publishers, Inc..

Arnold, C. (1996). Bat. New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc..

Cole, J. (2001). The magic school bus: A science fact finder – Bats. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc..

Julivert, M. A. (1994). The fascinating world of bats. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc..

Penny, M. (1997). How bats “see” in the dark. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Corporation.

Riley, H. (1989). Animal habitats: The bat in the cave. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens, Inc..

Silver, D. M. (1993). One small square cave. NY: Learning Triangle Press.

Stuart, D. (1994). Bats: Mysterious flyers of the night. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc..

Wilson, D. E. (1997). The Smithsonian answer book: Bats in question. WA: Smithsonian Institution Press.

III. Supplemental Informational videos:

A Survival Anglia Production (Writer/Producer), & Bat Conservation International (Producer). (1991).The secret world of bats. (Available from the Bat Conservation International, P.O. Box 162603, Austin, TX 78716)

Bat Conservation International (Producer). (2000). Kids

discover: Bats. (Available from the Bat Conservation

International & L.M. Productions, P.O. Box 162603, Austin, TX 78716)

Troop 381, Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of

America (Producer), & Corinth Scouts, Inc. (Sponsor).

(1998). A scouting approach to wild caves. (Available from the Corinth Scouts, Inc., 5011 Neosho, Shawnee Mission, KS 66205)

IV. Research Websites:

A. Children Research Websites:

www.batconservation.org/content/kidspage/kidspage

www.jaguarpaw.com/BatsCon.html

www.batcon.org/index.html

www.lawrencehallofscience.org/batquiz/

www.seaworld.org

www.imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/echohome.html

http://www.dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/kids/kpbats.htm

http://www.projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest.html

B. Teacher Resource Websites:

http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/illustrations.htm - pictures

www.csmonitor.com

www.batconservation.org

V. Additional Teacher Resources

Connecticut State Department of Education. (2004). Core science curriculum framework: an invitation for students and teachers to explore science and its role in society. Connecticut: Author.

Connecticut State Department of Education. (2005). Connecticut language arts framework. Connecticut: Author.

Connecticut State Department of Education. (1998). Learning resources and information technology framework. Connecticut: Author.

*Dr. Regina Chatel, for all of her guidance throughout the design of this webquest.