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- The
Topic:
- Creatures
of the Night
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- Easier - Many
creatures are seldom seen by people because they
rest or sleep in the daytime. These animals, birds,
insects, and reptiles move around and feed mainly
during the night.
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- Harder - 'Night
creatures' are nocturnal. They sleep during the day
and become active at night. Durnal creatures, like
we humans, may seldom observe their
activities.
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- Long ago, mammals moved about in darkness in
order to escape predators such as dinosaurs. Some
developed adaptations such as increased
night-vision or hearing that suited their nighttime
activities. Today several of the smaller mammals
have remained nocturnal, and their predators must
also be active at night in order to catch
them.
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- Bat
Questions
- http://www.batcon.org/discover/foffaq.html
- This site answers the frequently asked
questions about bats.
- Other Bat Sites:
- 2) Bats http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/
- 3) Bats, Bats Everywhere http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/
- 4) The Bat Cave http://www.torstar.com/rom/batcave/index.html
- 5) Bat Conservation International http://www.batcon.org/
- 6) Fun Facts About Bats http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/adv/kidspage/bats/bats.htm
- Another Bat Relative:
- 7) Flying Fox (from Kratts' Creatures)
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/aust/flyingfox/index.html
- 8) Bat Hangouts http://www.discovery.com/news/features/bats/bats.html
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- Creatures
of the Night and You
- http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5135/
- This great ThinkQuest Junior site is an
exploration into the sights and sounds, truths and
fictions of nocturnal and crepuscular creatures. It
contains lots of pictures, myths, activities, and
more!
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- Night
Creatures of the Kalahari
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/kalahari/
- Are you afraid of the dark? Meet some creatures
who aren't on this site that explores the
mysterious world of nocturnal animals.
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- Owls
by 42eXplore
- http://eduscapes.com/42explore/owls.htm
- Lots of great links on the topic of owls.
- Other 42eXplore Night Creatures:
- 2) Bats http://eduscapes.com/42explore/bats.htm
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- After visiting several of the
'Creatures of the Night' website, complete
one or more of the following
activities:
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- Complete Some Fun Bat
Activities. Visit
Bat Fun for Kids and Adults! and
select from bat word searches, crossword
puzzles, facts, bat projects, and more.
Another bat word search is located at
Bats.
Also, you may try your skills with the
Bats:
Online Quiz.
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- Write a Nighttime Story. Pick
your favorite nighttime creature and write
a short-story about one night in their
life. You might find help in selecting
your subject at Creatures
of the Night and You and Night
Creatures of the Kalahari. Illustrate
your story with a picture created in
KidPix or another graphics program.
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- Take A Flashlight Safari! Visit
Flashlight
Safari to read and follow some
important guidelines. Before you complete
the nighttime excursion, write down what
you expect to observe. Describe your
predictions in detail. After the
adventure, write everything that you saw
and heard. Compare your two writings.
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- Pick Two Night-time Creatures.
Identify what things your two creatures
have in common. In what ways are they very
different. Make a chart that identifies
the likes and differences that you find.
Compare yourself to your night creatures.
Are humans like you adapted for nighttime
life? What are your strengths and
weaknesses for nighttime activities?
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- Go On a Creatures of the Night
WebQuest. Follow or adapt the
procedures found at the following webQuest
site.
- 1) Night Animals by Anita Lee Hui
(Grade 2) http://spidey.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch529/webquests/anita/titlepage.htm
- 2) Skunks: Sweet or Smelly?
WebQuest http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/skunk/act.htm
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- Animals of the
Night
- Astonishing Armadillo
- http://pandoras-box.org/my05026.htm
- Learn about this unusual animal.
- More armadillo links:
- 2) Nine-banded Armadillo http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/mammals/dillo.htm
- 3) Armadillos
http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/armadillo.htm
- 4) Armadillo http://www.flex.net/~lonestar/armadillo.htm
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- Beaver
(Hinterland Who's Who, Canadian Wildlife
Service)
- http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/beaver/beaver.html
- Here you can learn all about the beaver
including their habits, characteristics, and life
history.
- Other Sites About Beaver:
- 2) Beaver: Castor canadensis http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/beaver.htm
- 3) Beaver
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/beaver.htm
- 4) Beaver http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/beaver.htm
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- Coyotes
- http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/coyote.htm
- This website contains interesting facts about
this interesting animal.
- Other coyote sites:
- 2) Coyote (Canis latrans) http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/coyote.htm
- 3) Desert Coyote http://www.desertusa.com/june96/du_cycot.html
- 4) Coyote http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/coyote/coyote.html
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- Raccoon:
Procyon lotor (California Department of Fish
and Game)
- http://www2.delta.dfg.ca.gov/gallery/raccoon.html
- More raccoon sites:
- 2) Raccoon http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/raccoon.htm
- 3) Raccoons
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/raccoon.htm
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- Red
Fox
- http://www.floodlight-findings.com/2redfox/redfox.html
- Here you can read about the red fox and view
several pictures.
- More Fox websites:
- 2) Red Fox http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/redfox.htm
- 3) Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/fox.html
- 4) Fennec Fox (Fennecus zerda) http://www.sazoo-aq.org/02meet/02sublinks/fennec.html
- 5) Swift fox (Hinterland Who's Who, Canadian
Wildlife Service)
- http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/fox/fox.html
- 6) Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) http://www.fishbc.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/redfox.htm
- 7) Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3500/arctic_fox.htm
- Skunks
Website at Naturescapes
- http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/skunk/
- See the new skunk page at naturescapes. (3
levels of difficulty)
- More Skunk Websites:
- 1) Skunk Information http://www.accs.net/users/whyden/skunkfaq.htm
- 2) Mephitis mephitis: Striped Skunk http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/mephitis/m._mephitis
- 3) Living with Skunks http://www.projectwildlife.org/living-skunks.htm
- 4) Skunk http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/animals/skunk.htm
- And Some Opossum Links:
- 4) Opossum http://www.schoolnet.ca/vp-pv/mammals/e/list29.html
- 5) Opossum Rescue http://www.possumrescue.com/
- 6) Possum http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/possum.htm#Possum-Possum
- 7) Living with Opossum http://www.projectwildlife.org/living-opossum.htm
- 8) Opossum Tracks http://www.bear-tracker.com/opossum.html
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- Birds of the Night
- The Owl
Pages
- http://www.owlpages.com/
- The Owl has fascinated man from time immemorial
and has appeared frequently in mythology and
superstition - to some cultures they are symbols of
wisdom, while to others they represent malevolent
spirits or harbingers of doom and death. Here, the
Owl Pages attempts to shed some light on these
mysterious creatures of the night.
- More Links for Owls:
- 2) Owls of North America http://www.owlpages.com/n_american_owls.html
- 3) Great Horned Owl http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/hww-fap.cfm?ID_species=17&lang=e
- 4) Jennifer's Owl Page http://oz.uc.edu/~verriljr/
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- Insects of the Night
- Moths
of North America
- (Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center,
U.S. Geological Survey)
- http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/mothsusa.htm
- Here you can find distribution maps, photos of
adults and caterpillars, information about
characteristics, habitat, food and much more.
- Other Moth Sites:
- 2) Cecropia Moth - Life Cycle http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5479/
- 3) Identification of Major Families of Moths
http://www.furman.edu/~snyder/leplist/identify.htm
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- The
Firefly Files
- http://IRIS.biosci.ohio-state.edu/projects/FFiles/
- This site contains information about Lightning
Bug biology. You will find answers to your
questions about this amazing bioluminescent insect,
references for further study, and activities for
both kids and adults.
- Other firefly websites:
- 2) Fireflies http://www.firefly-selangor-msia.com/firefly.htm
- 3) Learning the Secrets of Fireflies
- http://aso.jhs.choyo.kumamoto.jp/choyo-es/choyo-es96/choyo-es1001e.html
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- Our
Third Grade Bat Pages
- http://stoutamire.com/sharon/Bats/
- Pages about bat books, pictures drawn, and
stories written.
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- Bats
in South Dakota
- http://kids-learn.org/stellaluna/frost.htm
- Information and pictures by kids in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota.
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- Teacher - Lesson Idea Sites
- Nocturnal
Animals WebQuest
- http://tli.jefferson.k12.ky.us/edtd675/tliprojects/mcginnis/WebQuest.htm
- Research a nocturnal animal and design a
brochure about this animal.
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- Skunks:
Sweet or Smelly? WebQuest
- http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/skunk/act.htm
- New Webquest at Naturescapes on skunks.
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- After
Dark Friends
- http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/teach/after_dark.html
- Here is a brief art & science lesson plan
that asks Grade 3-4 students to gather information
regarding nocturnal creatures such as owls,
raccoons, opossum, or bats, and to share it in
class.
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- Bats:
Creatures of the Night by Marcie
Claeys
- http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/96-97/96-97_mini_units/Bats_MClaeys/bat.html
- This plan was developed to be a two week
thematic unit on bats. It incorporates a
combination of science discovery centers, small
group activities, and whole group discussions.
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- Creatures
in the Dark
- http://www.indiana.edu/~tickit/projectgallery/projects/rthieneman2.htm
- This is a lesson for grades 4-6 on night
creatures.
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- Goin'
Batty
- http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=5813&cid=2&url=5813/
- Learn about the myths of these amazing
creatures as well as activities links.
- Other Bat Lesson Plans:
- 2) "Bats" Lesson Plans Outline (Grade K -1)
http://avocado.dade.k12.fl.us/projects/bats/lesplans.html
- 3) Bats: Creatures of the Night (Grade 2)
- http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/96-97/96-97_mini_units/Bats_MClaeys/bat.html
- 4) Going Batty (Grade 3)
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/elementary/bats.htm
- 5) Going Batty (Kindergarten) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2221/bat.html
- 6) Stella Luna Bat Quest http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/stella.html
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- Owl
Prowl: About This Project
- http://kids-learn.org/owlprowl/project.htm
- Every participating class will research an owl
in their environment. If there are no owls in the
area, the class may choose an owl that they would
like to study. Students will write reports, draw
pictures, poems, and stories about owls. Projects
are submitted to the Owl
Prowl site.
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- Great
Horned Owl WebQuest
- http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/schools/pcartier/owlquest.htm
- You are to work in teams as reporters
investigating the Great Horned Owl.
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moth
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opossum
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owl
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nighttime
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creature
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crepuscular
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specie
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firefly
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insects
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plants
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armadillo
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astronomy
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sky
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skunk
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wolves
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coyote
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fox
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beaver
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lightning bug
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raccoon
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owl
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durnal
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bat
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caves
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moonlight
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dusk
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dawn
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night vision
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- Created by
Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson,
1/99. Updated, 4/00.
Update by Nancy
Smith
7/02
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