Winter Lessons, Activities, and Information Spring Fall General Biology Getting Started Key Activities Photo Galleries and Video Clips Can YOU Find the Monarch's Winter Home in Mexico? Explore the Monarch's Winter Habitat in Mexico (Photos) A Quiet Walk in the Monarch's Forest (Photos) Video Visit: Pictures to Poetry (Video Clip) Fall Arrival (by Elizabeth Howard) (Photos) Field Notes from Mexico by Mr. Don Davis (Photos) Spring Flight (by Dr. Lincoln Brower) (Photos) More Photos, Maps and Landscape Views (Photos) Life in the Sanctuary Region: Short Stories in English and Spanish (Slideshows) Climate Slideshow: Temperature and Survival: A Balancing Act Slideshow: Monarchs, Mountains and Moisture Monitor the Climate of the Over-wintering Region: How is the Weather Today? Temperature and Time of Year: How Cold Are the Overwintering Sites in Mexico? (Graph) Temperature and Elevation: The Monarchs Are Nearly Two Miles High! An American Family Experiences Cold Winter Nights in Angangueo Global Climate: Animation of Global Temperatures Global Climate: Mexico's Wet and Dry Seasons Tropical vs. Temperate: Watch the Seasons Change It's March! How are Monarchs and Seasons Changing? Location Can You Find the Monarch's Winter Home in Mexico? The Location of the Overwintering Sites: Why is This Place So Special for Monarchs? Getting Ready for Spring Migration Exactly Where in Mexico Do the Monarchs Go for the Winter? Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack? Geography and Migration Habitat Exploring the Monarch's Winter Habitat: Looking for Food, Water, Shelter, and Space Food Slideshow: No Food for Five Months? How is it Possible? Food at the Overwintering Sites? Living on Lipids: Surviving the Season on Stored Energy Water Slideshow: Monarchs, Mountains and Moisture Mexico's Wet and Dry Seasons: Dr. Brower’s Precipitation Graph The Cloud, Mountain, Fog, Forest Connection Exploring the Monarch’s Winter Habitat: Backyard Observation Reveals a Clue Where Do Monarchs Get Water in the Winter? Water Resources for Families in the Sanctuary Area (Espanol) Shelter The Monarch's Forest Ecosystem: The Oyamel Fir Forest Observation: How is a tree-trunk like a hot water bottle? Journal Page: How Does the Forest Protect Monarch Butterflies? Think by Analogy How Forest as Blanket, Umbrella, and Hot Water Bottle How Does the Forest Shelter the Butterflies? By Dr. Calvert Scientists Learn from Butterflies: More Space is Needed How Are These Monarchs Avoiding Predators? Space Close Quarters: How Many Butterflies on a Branch? How Many Paper Clips Bend a Branch the Way Monarchs Do? Dr. Calvert Looks at Space from the Monarch's Point of View How Much Space Does a Monarch Colony Need? Seasonal History of a Colony Population Size Slideshow: How Many Monarchs in Eastern North America? Bar Graph: Monarch Population Size (Winter 1994 to present) How Many Football Fields Would This Year's Monarchs Cover? Pie Chart: Where Are the Monarchs This Winter? Pie Chart: Which Sanctuaries Do Monarch Butterflies Select? Compare Two Seasons How Are Monarch Colonies Measured? How 10 Million Became 50 Million: A Story About Changing Estimates How Many Millions of Monarch Butterflies? Single Storm Kills Over 75% of Overwintering Monarchs Population Rebounds: Monarchs in the News Population Dynamics: Studying Changes in Population Size Counting All Butterflies: Mark, Release, Recapture Method Adaptations Camouflage in the Over-wintering Colonies Why Are Those Butterflies Behaving so Strangely? Why Do Monarchs Shiver? Why Don’t Cold Butterflies Fall? Monarch Adaptations Cold-blooded Creatures: Classroom Activities Cold-blooded Creatures: Fact Sheet Temperature and Survival: Life as a Cold-blooded Creature Millions of Monarchs Eaten by Predators The Effect of Snow on Monarchs The Effect of Cold, Wet Weather on Monarchs The "Cloud Effect": Monarch Colony's Reaction to Cloud Cover Cascading Behavior Mating Before Spring Departure Try This! Write a Field Guide for the Monarch Overwintering Sites Observations in the Sanctuaries: First-person Accounts What Do Two Pictures Tell You About Climate of the Monarch Sanctuaries in Mexico? The Importance of Shelter from the Wind by Dr. Bill Calvert The Importance of Water by Dr. Bill Calvert Dry Conditions Force Colonies to Split by Dr. Bill Calvert Signs of Colony Break-up Signal Spring by Dr. Bill Calvert Everywhere, Monarchs in Motion—Why? by Dr. Bill Calvert The Wintering Season Comes to an End by Dr. Bill Calvert Monarchs on the Move by Dr. Bill Calvert Here Come the Monarchs! by Dr. Bill Calvert A Time for Going Home by Dr. Bill Calvert Gone...By Dr. Bill Calvert Visiting the Cerro Pelon Colony with Dr. Lincoln Brower (w/audio) Two Weeks With the Butterflies in Mexico by Dr. Brower (w/audio) Visiting the Monarch Sanctuary with Dr. Lincoln Brower Searching for Monarchs in the Sierra Chincua Sanctuary Flying With the Butterflies by Carol Cullar Field Notes from Mexico by Don Davis (March 2006) Exploring the Monarch’s Winter Habitat: Backyard Observation Reveals a Clue Conservation It's All About the Forest: What Story Do the Pictures Tell? Scientists Ready to Take Satellite Images of Sanctuaries Alarming Deforestation Reveavled by Satellite Images The Story Behind the Satellite Images: How Students Helped Monarch Sanctuary Deforestation Maps Domestic Uses of Wood: Ranch Tour With Noemi's Dad Domestic Uses of Wood: Two Loads per Week Monarch Conservation in Mexico: How Kids are Helping Deforestation: Domestic Uses of Wood Deforestation: Conversion of Forests to Agriculture Deforestation Solutions: Michoacan Reforestation Project The Children's Monarch Reforestation Project Who Owns the Monarch Sanctuaries? Conservation News from Mexico Conservation Perspectives: A View From Mexico Support Monarch Butterfly Habitat Conservation in Mexico Create Monarch Habitat Where You Live Ecological Footprint: Take the Quiz! Why Should We Care About Monarchs? Dr. Brower Asks for Help Also see: Symbolic Monarch Migration and Related Activities Ecotourism Ecotourism: How Many Pesos to Visit a Monarch Sanctuary? Ecotourism Safari: How Many Examples Can You Find? Visiting the Sanctuary With Professor and Grandfather Brower Meet Monarch Biologist Dr. Bill Calvert Culture Life in the Sanctuary Region: Short Stories in English and Spanish Spanish Lesson with Noemi de Jesus and her Dad (Overwintering Vocabulary) Comparing and Contrasting Language and Culture ASSESSMENT Just for Teachers: Suggestions for Assessment (After Fall Migration Season) Journey North for Kids Slideshows, booklets, video clips, images, stories from Mexico Background Lessons Journey North's study of the seasons   Standards Science Math     Featured Highlights  Life in Mexico's Monarch Sanctuary Region Food at the Overwintering Sites?

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