Google+Earth+Butterfly+Project

Understanding some of Google Earth...

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Now for the project...

Do you remember the life cycle of a butterfly? Please take a moment and visit this website to see a short animated video to watch the process about how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly...

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Let's begin by looking at monarch butterflies...

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By watching that short video you can see that these butterflies need to stay warm throughout the year to survive. Some of these butterflies live in Canada, Washington, Michigan, Idaho, and many other states throughout the U.S. So where do they go to stay warm in the winter...

We will look at the migration patterns of the monarch butterfly. We will begin by watching this short film, then we will go visit the monarch butterfly sanctuaries in Mexico using Google Earth.

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Where do the butterflies that live on the west coast go?

Please take a look at this video..

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Let us track the migration of monarch butterflies. Once butterflies have come out of their cocoons they fly south to the butterfly sanctuary. Let's look at the butterfly sanctuary and then where the monarch butterflies go after the winter....

Now for your assignment...

Please follow this Google Earth tour about the migration of the monarch butterfly. Take notes! You can watch it as many times as you would like. Enjoy visiting different places in North America and Mexico. Good luck and have fun.





After following the Google Earth adventure, please take the butterfly migration quiz and bring it to class on Monday. Thank you for your participation, I look forward to talking about this with you at this time. Please call or email me with any questions you may have.