Over the last several years, I have noticed a considerable decline in the number of monarchs passing through Brooklyn on their way to wintering grounds in Mexico. In fact, I've only seen one monarch and it was flying above Albemarle Road during a recent school fire drill. Lots of kids noticed it!Click here to find out what scientists are saying about the monarch decline
Scientists are constantly studying the movement of these creatures and often turn to citizen scientists--people like you and me--for crucial data that helps them look for trends, declines and rebounds. To help these scientists, I am recording any sitings on their website and you can too.
Click here to report your monarch butterfly sitings
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| This is the class monarch we made and sent to Mexican students |
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| The monarchs at their wintering grounds in Mexico. They hang out in clusters. |
This website has tons of great information on monarchs and more!
6 comments:
This seems pretty cool Ms. Seitz. Ms.Dalonzo's second grade class did a beautiful job on that class monarch that they created. In fact, I saw a Monarch Butterfly flying in front of my house today. When I noticed the butterfly, it reminded me about this post on your blog so I decided to comment. :)
You should report your sighting to journeynorth.org.
Hi Ms. Seitz. Since you were not in class today, I just wanted to send you a little note on your blog. :) How's Cornell University? Did you and the kids have fun doing science? I hope so. When I go to college, I'm going to apply for Cornell. I believe you told me on Tuesday that you were coming back today, (Friday) late at night. Oh,and did that Mark Twain teacher ever call you back to tell you about the Science test? If she did, can you tell me, because I'm going to study for the test and I want to make sure what's going to be on the test so when I take it, I won't be shocked to see things that I never learned.
Cornell was great. I'll tell you all about it. And unfortunately, I didn't hear back from the Twain teacher. Perhaps they are not allowed to discuss the test. Sorry.
It's okay, Ms. Seitz. But, do you know of any online resources that might improve my knowledge for the Twain test? Thanks for the help. :)
There's always Brainpop. Not the junior one...just www.brainpop.com. User ps230 Password: brainpop
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