Bats and Birds First grade Science CA Content Standard: Life Science 2.0 Animals meet their needs in different ways. Students know that animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places.

Bats can fly, but they are not birds.

Bats have fur. Their wings are made of skin.

The wings of birds are made of feathers.

Bats have arms and hands like you and I. Birds do not. fingers feet bird bat

A baby bat is born live. Birds hatch from eggs.

Bats are different than birds. Bats are mammals. They are the only mammals that can fly.

Fruit Bats are nocturnal. insects and They stay awake at night and hunt for food. Do you know what some bats eat? insects and Fruit

Bats hang upside down when they sleep. This is called roosting.

With echoes as their guides. sing to “Row Row your boat” When the sun goes down Bats will come outside Through the dark They fly around With echoes as their guides.