The curriculum is divided into six sections including migration, experiments, and conservation. This teacher's guide provides extensive background information on monarchs, their host plants, and their predators. In sample activities, students learn how scientists classify organisms into groups. They practice classification by sorting their shoes into student chosen groups and by sorting animals into groups. There are also lessons that emphasize the large number of insects in the animal kingdom, teaching students how their world view is biased towards animals with backbones.
Students use art as they research and report on the origins of scientific names for organisms.
A collection of drawings and diagrams that can be copied for student handouts, a bibliography, and a vocabulary section are included. ENC does NOT distribute this resource. Medtronic STAR Foundation. University of Minnesota.