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Monarchs and More. Inquiry based activities for PUSD students. Milkweed- the monarch larvae’s sole sustenance. “A Cooperative Effort to Generate and Share Ecological Knowledge”. Citizen Science : involves the public in organized scientific research - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Monarchs and MoreInquiry based activities for PUSD students
Milkweed- the monarch larvae’ssole sustenance.
“A Cooperative Effort to Generate and Share Ecological Knowledge”
Citizen ScienceCitizen Science:
involves the public in organized scientific research
is often used in conservation, applied ecology and natural resource management
is an important tool in basic ecological research
Outreach/Dissemination Goal #1
Understand local ecosystems and basic ecological principles
Understand the scientific process
Understand policy and conservation applications of ecological data
Increased scientific literacyIncreased scientific literacy
Outreach/Dissemination Goal #2
Exhibit for participating nature centers
Website Annual newsletter
conveying project findings, background information, links to other projects, etc.
Dissemination to participants and communityDissemination to participants and community
Outreach/Dissemination Goal #3
MLMP and extended research
Education for non-volunteer audience: data utilization, project findings
Research/science education program for nature centersResearch/science education program for nature centers
Outreach/Dissemination Goal #4
K-12 Involvement
Participation in MLMP via school/teacher
Via ISE (visits to nature centers, summer involvement)
Data/curriculum utilization
Link formal education community, ISE and Link formal education community, ISE and scientistsscientists
University of Minnesota
•Training, Resources, Protocol Provide training materials Provide hands-on practice with monitoring and larva
ID Directions for training and recruiting Develop protocol
•Project communication and support Newsletter, website, networking (naturalists and
volunteers) Nature center and site displays Online support and field questions
•Data analysis and dissemination
•Evaluation
Project Activities Goal #1
Provide baseline data on monarch Provide baseline data on monarch population biology for educators, population biology for educators, scientists, policy makers, and the publicscientists, policy makers, and the public
Basic distribution and abundance data
Temporal and spatial comparisons
Importance of various monarch habitats
Effects of environmental perturbations
Population dynamics (e.g. predation, timing of mortality)
Project Activities Goal #2
Provide trainer and volunteer supportProvide trainer and volunteer support
Encourage and facilitate communication
Retain volunteers
Disseminate findings
Make data collection and entry easy and meaningful On-line tutorial
Data sheets and directions
Assuring quality data
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/index.html
Monarchs and MoreInquiry & Arthopod based curriculumSchoolyard Ecology ExplorationsInquiry based curriculum
Interdisciplinary, inquiry based supplement to classroom instruction.
Life science, math, reading, writing, art, and social studies
Teaches scientific method related to life cycle and ecology of monarch butterflies and other insects.
Utilizes schoolyard exploration /butterfly friendly garden.
The World of Monarch
Butterflies
Female
Male
Fall Migration
Spring Migration
Monarch Ecology
• Host plants
• Other insects that eat host plants
• Predators
• Nectar plants
• Abiotic conditions (temperature, precipitation, etc.)