Fall Lessons, Activities, and Information General Biology Winter Spring Getting Started Key Activities for Fall Monarch Butterfly Migration The Annual Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly (animation / slideshow) Can You Find the Monarch's Winter Home in Mexico? Observing Fall Migration and Habitat Slideshow: How to Watch for Migrating Monarchs Slideshow: Do You Know a Monarch When You See One? Practice With Butterfly Identification How Many Monarchs in the Garden? Fall Habitat Observations: How is monarch habitat changing? Tracking and Mapping Fall Migration Getting Ready for the Migration Our Maps: Peak Migration | Roosts | All Sightings Make Your Own Map: Highlights Along the Migration Trail Timing of Fall Migration: When Will the Migration Reach You? How Much Farther Must This Monarch Fly? Migration Rate Math: Who Saw the Most Monarchs? Other Migration Studies: Tagging and Monitoring True Stories About Tagged Monarch Butterflies Migration Monitoring Sites: The Value of Collecting Long-Term Data The Overnight Roost Slideshow: Why Do Monarchs Form Roosts During Fall Migration? Fall Migration Focus: The Overnight Roost Field Studies You Can Do at Roost Sites Practice Estimating the Number of Monarchs in a Roost Do Monarchs Rest at the Same Roost Sites Every Fall? Analyzing Data from a Fall Migration Roost in Minnesota Does Scent Attract Monarchs to the Same Roosts? When, Where and Why Roost? Looking for Clues from the Field Flight Slideshow: How High Do Monarchs Fly During Fall Migration? Q & A: How High Do Monarchs Fly During Fall Migration? How High Do Monarchs Fly? Let's Compare! How High Can You SEE a Monarch Flying Overhead? Dr. Brower’s Flight Height Experiment Monarch Migration Eye Test Too Cold to Fly Today? Why Migrate on a Bridge? Do Monarchs Fly Across the Gulf of Mexico? Can a Monarch Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean? A Closer Look at Wind and Monarch Migration Cold Fronts, Wind and Fall Monarch Migration Up, Up and Away: Thermals and Updrafts Field Trip in the Sky: Flying in a Thermal (Video clip) Adaptations to a World in Which Warm Air Rises Flapping Flight: A Look at Monarch Flight in Slow Motion (Video clip) Food How Much Fuel do Monarchs Burn? The Energy Costs of Flight Free Ride to Mexico: Glide Don't Flap Why is Nectar So Important to Monarch Butterflies in the Fall? Where do Monarchs Find Fuel During Migration? How Many Monarchs in the Forty-acre Field? How Can Monarchs Feed in Pecan Trees? Conservation Where Do Monarchs Find Fuel During Migration? Also See Symbolic Monarch Migration and Related Activities Navigation and Orientation Which Way to Mexico? How Do Monarchs Know Which Way to Fly? Adaptations for Survival Habitat and Survival: What do Monarchs Need During Fall Migration? How is a Vacation Like a Migration? Welcome Back to School: Learning Vs. Instinct Milkweeds and Monarchs: Comparing Adaptation Strategies Geography and Migration Can YOU Find the Monarch's Winter Home in Mexico? The Location of the Overwintering Sites: Why is This Place So Special for Monarchs? Exactly Where in Mexico Do the Monarchs Go for the Winter? Fly Like a Butterfly All the Way to Mexico Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack? Discovery Tale: Two Geographic Clues Led Brower and Calvert to the Monarch's Winter Home How Far Will Your Monarch Travel? Why Do Monarchs Hug the Atlantic Coast? Mexico Bound? All Flights Cross Through Texas The Migration Through Mexico--A Navigation Mystery Following the Migration Pathway Through Northern Mexico Los Estados Unidos Méxicanos: The United States of Mexico A Million Monarchs Fill the Sky, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Audio) Mountain Geography Focuses the Migration (Audio) The Arrival in Mexico! Monarchs, Dia de los Muertos and Mexican Tradition Mass Arrival at the Sanctuaries--Photos How Many Monarchs in a Single Photo? (Let's Estimate!) Watching the Arrival by Elizabeth Howard Assessment Just for Teachers: Suggestions for Assessment (After Fall Migration Season) North America's Monarch Populations Map: North America's Two Monarch Populations Where do Monarchs From the Rocky Mountains Go for the Winter? Chasing Monarchs on Both Sides of the Continental Divide Other Species That Migrate When Monarchs Migrate Dragonflies and Kestrels: A Food Chain Connection Other Butterfly Migration   Standards Science Math   Featured Highlights The Annual Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly >>   The Magic of Monarch Migration >> Symbolic Monarch Butterflies: Uniting Children of North America   The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly >> El ciclo de vida de la mariposa monarca >>   This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2008 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.