Mai Lesson
How Do Bats See in the Dark?
Science · 25 min · Any age · You and your child together
Bats zoom through the night without crashing. How? Your child busts the "blind as a bat" myth, goes on an echo hunt around the house, and plays a Bat and Moth game to feel how bats find their way using sound.
What your child gets out of it
- Explain that bats can see, and that many also use sound to find their way
- Find where sound bounces back most as an echo
- Describe echolocation in their own words
What you need
- An open, clear space
- Paper and crayons
- A scarf or soft blindfold — Optional - closed eyes work just as well.
How it runs
- Blind as a Bat? · 4 min
- Echo Hunt · 5 min
- Bat and Moth Game · 8 min
- Bat Sound Science · 5 min
- Bat Fact Card · 3 min
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