MonarchLIVE Kickoff
Lesson Plans
The teacher resources site and materials are used here with permission from Monarch Lab. It provides a wealth of activities for teachers grades K-12, links to current research, courses, lesson plans, and outreach materials.
Winter Is Coming
Students will brainstorm ways in which animals survive winter’s cold temperatures. They will create a class list that illustrates the variety of ways in which animals deal with cold temperatures, and compare these to ways in which humans prepare for and survive winter.
http://www.monarchlab.org/mitc
/Resources/LessonPlans/K-2/Winter_is_coming.pdf (for Grades K-2)
Map the Monarchs’ Route
Students will devise monarch migration routes, learning what monarchs might encounter during the fall and spring migrations.
http://www.monarchlab.org/mitc/Resources/LessonPlans/K-2/Map_the_Monarchs_Route.pdf (for grades K-2)
For all of the lesson plans on this web site, CLICK HERE.
For more lesson plans and resources for teachers, go to Monarch Education on the Monarch Butterfly: North America’s Migrating Insect web pages:
http://www.fs.fed.us/monarchbutterfly/teacherandstudent/index.shtml
