Students of all ages and developmental levels benefit from the hands-on experiences of observation, measurement and animal husbandry. Monarchs are unique because they migrate north in the spring from Mexico, spending summer months in the northern latitudes. Subsequent generations fly south in the fall, returning to overwinter in their ecologically threatened sanctuaries in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico. Monarch populations exist through out the United States and their migratory behaviors have intriqued student and scientist alike. Fall tags to identify them purchased from Monarch Watch , University of Kansas Develop Curriculum for your students.
Planning is very important.
To obtain larvae from the Monarch Watch you must order by July or August to guarantee arrival of your caterpillars. Further, you must have enough milkweed to feed your caterpillars.