First we completed the tour of the caverns and to our surprise we actually saw a brown bat flying around. I couldn't get its picture as it was going too fast but it made all the kids very excited. |
Just a pretty picture of the cave lit up:) |
Here the kids were looking at a bat skeleton and had a worksheet to fill out and identify bat parts. The guide briefly went into the functions of each part. |
While the topic mostly stayed on the kinds of ants we have here in MO, of which I was told is only 4, on displayed was a Vampire bat. |
Kids got to see a brown bat in a glass case. |
Looks like a good trip! I am noticing that local to us a lot of the trips are gear towards younger children - Hannah isn't 10 yet and still finds she is the oldest at most of the Portsmouth are activities. Luckily we've for a new group just over in West Sussex with a lot more children her age. It's hard as they get older isn't it!
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting adventure I see. Well when we lived in Washington we had bats or a bat the lived in the corner of our front porch. It scared me at first but they didn't ever really fly around when we were near. They are interesting creatures for sure.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find a home schooling group that you all enjoy.
Blessings!
Interesting! Here, bats often carry rabies. If a family finds a dead bat in their house, they usually get rabies shots as a precaution. Do you have that problem there? I'd be kind of afraid to go in a bat cave, just because of that. I know they are great for capturing insects, but I just like to stay well away from them.
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