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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
About the Symbolic Migration

Getting Started

  • Overview
  • Registration
  • Timeline

Making the Butterflies

  • Messages
  • Materials

Sending the Butterflies

  • Where to send
  • Postage

What to Expect in the Spring

  • Returning butterflies
  • Viewing video clips
Getting Started 

Q. I have a question about getting started....

Q: I am looking for the internet address for how to participate in the symbolic migration.

Q. If I am already registered, do I need to register seperately for the Symbolic Migration?

Q. What is the timeline for this project?

Q. I am not a classroom teacher, can I participate in the Symbolic Migration?

Making the Butterflies

Q. Why do our butterflies need to be a quarter of a page-size or smaller?

Q. Can we send butterflies made out of recycled plastic and “found” materials?

Q. Why do you require typed rather than handwritten messages?

Q. Why is it so important to write our messages in Spanish?

Q. Why do we have to put our mailing address on every butterfly?

Q. Where on the butterfly should our mailing addresses go?

Q. We are a small homeschool. Can we send just a couple of butterflies in the cluster packet?

Sending the Butterflies

Q: Where do we send our paper butterflies?

Q. Is it OK to send FedEx?

Q. I do not understand why we must have 10" x 13" envelopes for the Butterfly Cluster Packet.

Q. How much postage do we put on our Spring envelope?

Q: Can we mail our butterflies directly to Mexico since we are going to miss the deadline?

What to Expect in the Spring

Q: I sent 15 butterflies and only got 13 back.

Q: Do we get our own butterflies back?

Q. Why are the butterflies we received this spring made by students in the United States and Canada?

Q. What happens to our Monarch Cluster Packet?

Other

Q: I'm trying to share the video you posted of the paper monarchs arriving for the symbolic migration with my students. Can you help?

 

 
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