May 16
Three sixth grade girls from Baden Academy came across a news alert about a scientist in Israel who was studying bats. That wasn’t so unusual, but then the girls realized the scientist was using the same type of RFID technology to track the bats that Baden Academy uses to help electronically match students to their …
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Sep 14
Sixth graders Kaitlyn Desrochers and Kennedi Emery were recently interviewed by The Wildlife Society about their new book, Bats in Danger. The girls are planning to travel to Cleveland in a few weeks to attend their international conference. They will share a table with John Hopkins University Press to make their book available and their mentor, …
Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/09/14/sixth-grade-research-fellows-to-share-bat-book-at-tws-conference/
Jul 21
Bats in Danger tells the story of Brownie the Bat. Her friends are dying. While Brownie is a creation of 5th-grade authors, her plight is not. Kaitlyn Desrochers visited Mammoth Cave when she was in 3rd grade. She learned about the effects of white-nose syndrome on the bats and the images spurred her into action. …
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