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NO PREP! Includes GOOGLE SLIDES and printable PDF versions! In this Halloween science worksheet, students read about bats, their diets, their role in ecosystems, and learn how bat and human bone structures are similar (homologous) to each other.
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In this activity, students will:
- READ "Beautiful Bats", written specifically for a middle school audience. The article combines scientific facts with tidbits middle school students will enjoy such as "Bats turn right-side-up to stay clean when they poop".
- DEFINE important vocabulary from the text using context clues.
- ANSWER text-dependent questions.
- MATCH HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES of bat and human skeletons.
Teacher Notes:
- GO PAPERLESS! This activity includes a Google Slides version!
- Makes a great sub plan in October.
- Answer key included.
- Save copies by making just one class set of the article page and reusing it class-to-class.
- Related NGSS Standard: MS-LS4-2
- Please note that this resource is not editable.
- Check out all the fun stuff in my Halloween Science Activity Bundle!
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NO PREP Halloween Science Activity Bats Article Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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Description
NO PREP! Includes GOOGLE SLIDES and printable PDF versions! In this Halloween science worksheet, students read about bats, their diets, their role in ecosystems, and learn how bat and human bone structures are similar (homologous) to each other.
⭐ Get this at a HUGE DISCOUNT in my Halloween Science Activity Bundle!
In this activity, students will:
- READ "Beautiful Bats", written specifically for a middle school audience. The article combines scientific facts with tidbits middle school students will enjoy such as "Bats turn right-side-up to stay clean when they poop".
- DEFINE important vocabulary from the text using context clues.
- ANSWER text-dependent questions.
- MATCH HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES of bat and human skeletons.
Teacher Notes:
- GO PAPERLESS! This activity includes a Google Slides version!
- Makes a great sub plan in October.
- Answer key included.
- Save copies by making just one class set of the article page and reusing it class-to-class.
- Related NGSS Standard: MS-LS4-2
- Please note that this resource is not editable.
- Check out all the fun stuff in my Halloween Science Activity Bundle!
⭐ Let me send you TONS of FREE Grades 7-12 Science activities to try! ⭐
Report this resource to TPT
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I absolutely love using this resource! It makes it so easy for the students and they always ask for them!
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I absolutely loved giving this reading resource to my science students around Halloween!
We had such fun with this resource! It kept students engaged and required very little prep. Saved me so much time!!
I loved this Bats reading assignment. It actually opened up a lot of great discussions in my classes and I think I can use it at other times, not just Halloween. Thank you!
My gifted and talented students really enjoyed this unit. It was a good add on to our genetics study!
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NGSSMS-LS4-2
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. Emphasis is on explanations of the evolutionary relationships among organisms in terms of similarity or differences of the gross appearance of anatomical structures.
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