The SOLE team visited McGlone Academy during Bat Week to educate 4th graders on these terrific flying mammals! To their dismay, we did not have live animals to show, since bats are wild and difficult to keep alive in captivity. The youth passed around and inspected other real specimens, such as a tiny bat skull and a fragile skeleton. We also dressed kids up in bat costumes to demonstrate exceptional adaptations! We can show that bats have fur as mammals, that they use large

Peiffer Elementary welcomed the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) staff to come teach the fourth grade about bats and how they have adapted to survive. As the fourth graders sat on the floor, eager to learn, Erin Kendall from CPW told them about how amazing bats are. Through their physical and behavioral characteristics, bats have adapted to survive, making them the largest population of mammals in the world. The students learned about the food chain by playing a game where m