Carlsbad Caverns, National Park in New Mexico. The second grade researchers used web chat technology to ask questions of Ranger Avelina, who supplied the answers.

Here is a sample of the Question and Answer Transcript:

[13:26:22] Julius: Do all species of bats hibernatate?
[13:26:27] RangerAvelina: No, not all of them.
[13:26:37] RangerAvelina: Some are tropical and don't need to.

[13:26:45] cameron: do bats suck cows blud for real.
[13:27:08] RangerAvelina: Well, they bite the cow to draw blood (only the vampire bats). And then they lick it.

Read the full transcript here.

Mrs. Pacer's students were able to take a field trip, write to a bat expert and learn from other students all from the comfort of Alden Primary.