Today we had the privilege of a Skype call with Dr. Mark Brigham, a professor at the University of Regina, who is an expert in bats. As we studied animals and their senses, we started looking at how bats use echo-location to "see" at night. We made a list of "I wonder..." questions to ask Dr. Brigham and he was more than willing to answer every one of them! We learned about how fast bats can fly, how big/small bats are, how sensitive their ears are, and even how long a bat's lifespan is! We learned SO MUCH that we will be doing a blog post on the student's blogs soon!
We greatly appreciate Dr. Brigham taking time from his day to help answer our questions. The students loved hearing from "Bat Man" and "The Bat Master" (the students named him this after our Skype call...) and we feel fortunate to be a part of his first Skype call to a classroom!
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