LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and Fulbright’s EcoLeadership Program have scheduled two educator workshops on bats.

The workshops are open to teachers of kindergarten through 12th-grade students. The teachers will be taught the natural history of bats as well as their importance to the ecosystem. Teachers also will be taught how to incorporate the study of bats into their science curriculums.

The first workshop runs from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday at Homestead National Monument near Beatrice. The second is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 13 at TaHaZouka Park in Norfolk.

The workshops are free; registration is required. To register, teachers must send their names, school or organization names, email addresses and phone numbers to Lindsay Rogers, [email protected].