GRADE LEVELS:
Grades 9-12
SUBJECTS:
Science, English, & Business
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify Monarch Butterflies.
2. Discuss and understand Monarch migration.
3. Use the internet to research Monarchs and their migration.
DURATION OF LESSON:
1 (90minutes) Block
MATERIALS:
Computer Lab with internet access
TECHNOLOGY:
Computer Lab with internet access
TEACHER NOTES:
1. Schedule the computer lab.
PROCEDURES:
1. Divide students into groups. Each group will
investigate monarchs and their migration by looking
at 2 of the following sites on the internet.
MONICA
THE MONARCH
MONARCH WATCH
FLORIDA
WEBSITE
MONARCH
AND MIGRATION
NATURAL
BRIDGES
2. Groups will report to the class.
3. Each group will go to JOURNEY
NORTH to investigate making and sending a butterfly to
Mexico. Students will make a butterfly to send
south in the fall. In the spring these butterflies
will be sent north.
MODIFICATIONS:
Lesson will be adjusted according to the IEP of the special needs students.
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES:
Students will investigate plants that will attract butterflies
and plan a butterfly garden using information
from the following internet sites:
NEB
BUTTERFLY GARDENING
URBAN
GARDENER
MINN
BUTTERFLY GARDENING
BUTTERFLY ZONE
GROWING BUTTERFLIES
EVALUATION:
Students will be evaluated on class participation and presentations using ruberics.
English: 12.42, 12.43, 12.44, 12.47, 12.53, 12.54,
12.55; 11.49, 11.50, 11.51, 11.60, 11.61,
11.62, 10.39, 10.40, 10.43, 10.44, 10.50, 10.51, 10.52,
9.39, 9.40, 9.43, 9.50, 9.51, 9.52
Business: ACA 24, BCA 10
Science: 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.8, 9.20, 9.96, 9.101,
9.102, 9.103, 9.104, 9,106, 10.6, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.20, 10.26, 10.33,
10.92, 10.93, 10.94, 10.95, 10.96, 10.97, B.4, B.5, B.6, B.8, B.9, B.10,
B.12, B.20, B.33, B.38, B.42, B.43, B.44, B.45, B.46, B.47
JOB/CAREER CLUSTERS:
REFERENCES:
Biology: Study of Life by William D. Schraer &
Herbert J. Stoltze
Zoology by Stephen A. Miller & John P. Harley
AUTHORS:
Cathy Hickman
Laura Williams
Sandy Griffiths
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