People who studied the spring monarch migration year after year began to notice a pattern. The wings of the earliest butterflies seen in Texas were warn and tattered. To respond to this Challenge Question please follow the instructions at the end of this report. Imagine you are a news reporter. Describe the progress of the monarch migration since last week.
Younger students can count the total number of states where monarchs have been reported each week.
We have maps showing definite patterns of migration. This has the advantage that kids can do it quite quickly, so we can spend more time discussing the data and not plotting it. For 4th graders just learning the states may be an accomplishment. It really works neat. All I have to do is type in the beginning part of the city's name and it automatically brings up all the possibilities.