If they made it to Mexico, they were greeted by Mexican music, tortilla chips and salsa. The room was really too crowded, so we had to limit it this time. The games have been developed as part of the South Carolina Butterfly Project and are currently used by 100 teachers in 60 South Carolina schools. Culin developed the project based on work by Dave L. Kulhavy, an entomologist at Stephen F. Austin State University in Austin, Texas. Culin combines his Extension ornamental commercial horticulture work with his research and teaching skills in the S.C. Butterfly Project.
Teachers develop and maintain butterfly gardens.
Through these, they connect science activities with mathematics, computer skills, social studies, English composition and visual arts activities. Also, Master Gardeners and other community volunteers help students care for the gardens and identify the various types of butterflies that visit the gardens. Culin earned his bachelor's degree in biology from Eastern College, his master's in entomology and applied ecology from the University of Delaware and his doctorate in entomology from the University of Kentucky.