First grade investigates bats!

In first grade:

This week we began a mini-inquiry into bats.  First, we wondered about bats and generated a list of questions.  Then we researched online by studying images and watching short video clips.  Next, we read Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies and National Geographic Young Explorer Bats!  
While researching we monitored our comprehension and practiced reading with a question in mind.  We documented our new learning and noted when we found the answers to our questions by posting sticky notes in text.  We also used the SonicPics app to draw and write our annotations of the text during an interactive read aloud.
We synthesized our new learning by creating podcasts about bats and plan to share these podcasts with our 6th grade colleagues at Burley and also with 4th and 5th grade science students at National Teachers Academy. We hope to make this bat investigation a cross-grade, cross-school, collaborative learning experience.  
Here are some samples of students using SonicPics to synthesize their learning about bats:

Hello #BurNTA friends!  This is Room 106 reporting from Burley School!  We are 33 first graders who are curious, kind and love to learn.  This year we are exploring technology through our 1:1 iPad program and are excited to collaborate with the #BurNTA team to share our learning. You can find out more about our first grade class by visiting our website.

This fall we became curious about bats.  Over the past few days we've been building our background knowledge to learn more.  After reading the article Bats! from National Geographic Young Explorer we had many questions about bats.  Here are a few of our questions:

Are you a bat expert? Do you have information that would help us learn more?  Please share your information with us by responding to this blog or via Twitter.