Butterflies are part of the class of insects in the order lepidoptera, along with the moths. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. This manual was developed for grades prek through 12 and offers activities that promote conservation of the monarch butterfly. This project, the result of mbfs collaboration with ejido cerro prieto and other local partners the mbbr, the monarch fund, and unams. In this monarch butterfly lesson, students read the book buddy butterfly and his cousin. Awareness of the monarch butterfly s life cycle and habitat requirements is essential for their survival and an important step in the conservation of this animal. Wouldnt that be a wonderful conservationoriented community service activity. Monarch butterflies craft and activity book somewhat simple. Engaging stories, photos, videos, and slide shows from the natural world build observation skills, inspire scientific thinking, and create fertile ground for discussions and new questions. Monarch butterfly migration maps monarch butterfly usa. So with the help of some of my old teaching resources, i put together a fun monarch butterflies craft and activity book that would teach them just a bit more about those flying objects they were seeing around our yard.
Tell the students that many monarch butterflies travel 2,500 miles on their migration journey, which is what the line on their map represents. Monarch activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson plans. Chart paper, marker, book with facts about bats see book list. Reading comprehensions monarch butterflies grades 49 literature book units monarch butterfly grades reading comprehension lesson. Follow the 2016 monarch migration and report your own monarch sightings on the monarch. The monarch butterfly biosphere reserve, established in 1986, is intended to protect the overwintering areas. You may want to place pieces of yarn over a large map to indicate the eastern and western routes. The life cycle of the monarch butterfly slideshow, booklet.
For additional geography lesson plans, see these education world resources. Unlike other butterflies that can overwinter as larvae, pupae, or even as adults in some species, monarchs cannot survive the cold winters of northern climates. The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a twoway migration as birds do. Monarch butterfly printables, classroom activities. They experiment with various tools to simulate the mouth parts of insects, conduct research, record their observations of butterflies hatching, write a play, complete various worksheets, and take a pre and post test. The pattern of monarch butterflies migration and the difficulties that they face throughout their travel.
Navigational mechanisms of migrating monarch butterflies. Carefully hold a monarch between your thumb and index finger along the leading edge of the butterfly s forewings close to the body, not at the tip and locate the discal cell large mittenshaped cell on the hindwings. In honor of the monarch migration this fall, i assembled a book list all about monarchs for all ages. Ask the children to plot the route that a butterfly takes when it migrates by drawing the route with a colored pencil or marker. This short booklet is designed to help educators and enthusiasts. Butterfly fossils date to the palaeocene, about 56 million years ago. Garden book home one of the biggest mistakes you can make raising monarch butterflies is using an unsafe caterpillar cage. This monarch butterfly craft is quick and easy but the results are stunning. I have another great butterfly craft to share with you today. Education and outreach 20112018 2019 mural in sierra chincua as part of the opening ceremonies of the 20192020 tourist season, a mural was inaugurated at sierra chincua showing its biological and cultural diversity. Copy the link below to share the map youre currently viewing. Report your sightings each fall and spring as the monarchs travel to and from mexico.
Illustrates the life cycle of a butterfly or plant, bird. Students will familiarize themselves with geography and map creation by plotting the remarkable. Great for the map pangea activity that we have planned in our unit planning. Kids is a section of the website with pdf booklets on migration, annual cycle, life cycle, monarchs through the seasons, and life in the monarch butterfly sanctuary region of mexico.
Monarch butterfly welcome books animals of the world spring moon seasons of the moon threat to the monarch butterfly a robbie readeron the verge of extinction robbie readers. A lesson i did this year with the prek and head start students was about monarch butterfly migration. Fun things and educational stuff monarch butterfly new. This years drought is affecting the fall monarch migration. Have the kids make a bunch and decorate your home or classroom with a kaleidoscope of monarch butterflies this fall. Monarch butterfly migration flip bookwith this informational flip book, students will learn about butterflies through the lens of the monarch butterfly s migration to mexico. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly colored wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Students will draw a monarch butterfly on a piece of paper and put the butterfly in the united states or canada and will draw a line to mexico and draw a line back up to the united states showing a butterfly travels from mexico to canadaunited states, back to mexico. Students research the migration of monarch butterflies. Monarch maze puzzle pdf monarch wordfind puzzle pdf flip book craft activity suitable for 811 year olds.
It is already attracting a ton of monarch lookalike, viceroy butterflies, as well as other beautiful and interesting creatures. Monarchs for kids is a simple, studentdirected entry point to journey north. Monarch butterfly, manual for the environmental educator, royal mail. But studies have shown that deforestation has occurred within the reserve. Monarch butterflies begin their migration in the fall. Lesson objectives students will identify and observe insects and their common characteristics. Students will devise monarch migration routes, learning what monarchs might encounter during the fall and spring migrations. Third graders investigate the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. The monarch butterfly migration extraordinary migrations. As the monarchs pour out of mexico in the spring, where do you think they will arrive first, and what pathway do you suppose they will travel. The monarch butterfly population has plummeted, but it has recently received support from president obama and the bestselling novelist barbara kingsolver. Journey north monarch butterfly migration and general biology with lesson plan and science standards alignments.
Teaching about the magnificent monarch the monarch joint venture. Monarch migration update has the latest migration news. The monarch joint venture is a partnership of federal and state agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academic programs that are working together to support and coordinate efforts to protect the monarch butterfly migration across the lower 48 united states. Activities butterfly plant sale expert chats tour the pollinator path. Click here to view this full lesson plan at university of minnesota monarch migration lesson plan is suitable for 3rd grade. Resources to teach children about monarch butterfliess. Patterns in the decline of monarchspdf document mo. The most unique book of its kind no other book offers. The maps section features all monarch sightings fall, 2012. Each fall, like clockwork, millions of monarch butterflies from the eastern united states and southeastern canada make their remarkable journey to. Students will color a map of southern usa and mexico.
Through the activities within the monarch butterfly toolkit, students will learn how everyday food choices can impact this incredible species, their habitat, and their legendary migration. But the biology behind the aweinspiring fall migration of the eastern north american monarch butterfly danaus plexippus does scream out to be understood. This website developed by the university of kansas entomology program tracks the migration of monarch butterflies and includes links to a variety of related educational resources. View map redwinged blackbird first sighted view data. Tools and ideas lesson plans monarch butterfly migration. Butterfly unit will focus specifically on the monarch butterfly. Of course butterflies dont scream at least at a frequency that humans can hear. Easy monarch butterfly craft for kids happy hooligans.
Teach your children about monarch butterflies, their migration, and life cycle with these books, sites, videos, and activities. Now, as i see how much mason loves his caterpillar book, i decided to pull out the materials to make it once more. This science museum of minnesota site invites students and families to join in on an investigation of the migration of the. They illustrate and label the life cycle, and then research and take notes on survival techniques and preparation for migration at each stage. The monarch highway what is the monarch highway and how did it come to be. Students use a map of north america to trace the migration of the butterfly. Students use kwl charts to guide their inquiry and publish their results in a collaborative question and answer book.
Monarch butterfly life cycle and migration national. Monarch butterfly migration flip book by megan joy tpt. Butterflies have the typical fourstage insect life cycle. The annual migration of north americas monarch butterfly is a unique and amazing phenomenon.
An extraordinary learning site, since 1997 journey north has created annual and seasonal migration maps based on actual sightings of the monarch butterfly as it makes its way north and south with the seasons. Jake and the migration monarch publishers childrens book. Begin by analyzing your own historic records, or select data someone else has collected in your own town, state or province. This site mentions school grants for building butterfly gardens. Monarch migration game butterflies activities, monarch.
With 20 years of reporting, these maps offer an easy way to see how migration patterns of the monarch butterfly have changed. Monarch butterfly migration is the phenomenon, mainly across north america, where the subspecies danaus plexippus migrates each summer and autumn to and from overwintering sites on the west coast of california or mountainous sites in central mexico. Journey north citizen scientists track monarch butterfly migration each fall and spring as monarch butterflies at sanctuary in mexico migrate to and from mexico. Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. Last week we made these coffee filter butterflies and we decorated them with acrylic paints. Monarch publishers childrens book jake and the migration of the monarch butterfly jake and the migration of the monarch. Pdf booklets on migration, annual cycle, life cycle, monarchs through the seasons, and life in. The monarch highway is a symbolic migration corridor that follows interstate35 i35 from laredo, texas, to duluth, minnesota, aligning with the central flyway of the eastern migratory population of the monarch butterfly. Take the students outside or in a space large enough for the activity. Analyzing historic monarch butterfly migration data. Map reading, creative writing, measuring distances, book making source. For a nonfiction book, try monarch butterfly by one of my favorite authors, gail gibbons. Clearly written, beautiful illustrated, and packed with scientific facts for kids, this book touches on the life cycle. This book beautifully illustrates the metamorphosis of the monarch butterfly, from egg to caterpillar to full monarch, while also explaining its anatomy, behavior, and the curious story of its migration.
What can we learn about monarch migration by exploring historic maps and data. Monarch butterfly lesson plan monarch migration curricula. Logging in the overwintering sites in mexico reduces the area available for the monarchs. Build an insect construct the monarch butterfly life cycle act out the monarch butterfly life cycle. Monarch butterfly activities for kids in the last few years, the status of monarch butterflies has gotten more attention yay. Contents include body parts of butterflies, migration patterns, and the butterfly life cycle. Predicting the route of the monarch s spring migration. Track migration on realtime migration maps and follow the migration news. Data from each years migration is archived and ready for scientific analysis.
Based on the amazing reallife story of dr fred urquhart, flight of the butterflies takes viewers through the lifecycle of the monarch butterfly, and charts their incredible annual 4,000 km migration to their secret overwintering sanctuary in mexico. While not endangered, their migration routes are becoming more threatened. Butterfly migration pattern activities for 2nd grade synonym. Barbara kingsolver, barack obama, and the monarch butterfly. The monarch butterfly danaus plexippus is among the most recognized, studied, and loved of all of north americas insects. Activities, worksheets, printables, and lesson plans. Planetarium the planetarium will play the awardwinning film, flight of the butterflies at monarch day.