ARTICLE/VIDEO: Children Practice Real Science by Monitoring Monarchs
From Edutopia Magazine...
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March of the Monarchs: Students Follow the Butterflies' Migration Students in Maryland participate in a countrywide science experiment.
by Diane Curtis
It's spring, and monarch butterflies are making their annual 2,500-mile voyage to Canada from Mexico. The beautiful, orange-brown Lepidoptera have been spotted in Virginia.
"What I want you to do is mark on the paper map right now where Mexico is," teacher Frances Koontz tells her class of third graders. "We're going to follow the path of the monarchs and identify the states where they travel. If you need help with the name, look in your atlas."
She later asks the students whether the butterflies are getting close to their hometown of Bowie, Maryland. They excitedly note that Virginia is the state next door.
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