Bartholomew Bats!


Our school is located in Round Rock, Texas which is near Austin. Austin and Round Rock both have huge populations of Mexican Free Tailed Bats that live under our bridges. A colony of bats lives beneath the Ann Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin and in Round Rock, another colony resides under the Interstate 35 bridge over McNeil Road. Each evening from March to about October, the bats fly out from beneath the bridge and search for insects to eat. The emergence of the bats is a wonder to watch. We are also thankful that all these millions of bats eat the bugs by our homes.

Our class mascot is the Bat to honor the mammals that live so close to us and help us. (also because Bat and Bartholomew both start with the letter B!) The bats in Central Texas live together in a group and help take care of the young. Then they migrate together as a team. Our class will also live together in our classroom, work together as a team, and help each other out. We are the Bartholomew Bats!





Science Links


Study Jams! Videos, songs, and tutorials for math and science concepts!
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/index.htm


Read about science.
https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp



Research Sir Isaac Newton

Research Marie Curie


Research Nicolaus Copernicus

Research Carl Linnaeus


Go to sites to complete the Classifying Matter Web Surfing.
http://roundrockisd.stemscopes.com/web_elements/154

Review Classifying Matter using this interactive experiment.
http://roundrockisd.stemscopes.com/isi_elements/4

Practice Classifying Matter Vocabulary Words.
http://roundrockisd.stemscopes.com/flash_elements/462

Play a game to review concepts in Classifying Matter.
http://roundrockisd.stemscopes.com/flash_elements/461

Practice working with triple beam balances.
http://www.ohaus.com/input/tutorials/tbb/tbbentry.swf

Play some fun games with science. Check out the weather game!
http://www.edheads.com

Lots of information about the FIVE states of matter.
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html

Fun visuals of the states of matter.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html


Sing about the States of Matter than take an interactive quiz.
http://gardenofpraise.com/matter.htm

Learn about food chains!
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

Explore reflections of light!
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/light/rayOptics/reflection/reflection1.html

Have fun making a food chain and learning about why every part of
the chain is important.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

Play a fun food chain game!
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

Help report and predict the weather in this awesome site!
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/

Meal worm information
http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/mealinfo.htm

Questions and answers about meal worms
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4626

Photos of stages of meal worm's life
http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/life_cycle_of_the_mealworm.htm

Weather Tools

Anemometer

https://rinynovianty.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/anemometer/


Rain gauge

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rain_gauge


thermometer

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Thermometer


windsock

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Windsock

The Water Cycle
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/concepts.htm


Learn about Inherited Traits
http://www.fi.edu/guide/knox/Traits/traitsexamples.pdf Birds and their beaks-Come explore! http://www.vtaide.com/png/bird-adaptations3.htm

Sites with Snakes
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-python.html


http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-snake.html


http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/facts.htm


Learn about forces by making your own roller coaster!
http://www.funderstanding.com/educators/coaster/

Play games as you learn about energy and resources (renewable and nonrenewable)
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/energy/what-is-energy/


Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Play games and learn about the environment with The Lorax! http://www.seussville.com/loraxproject/
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