Follow the migration of the monarch butterfly from northern North America to southern Mexico. A video explains how monarch butterflies navigate their migration north in the spring and south in the fall. Pupils learn how it takes multiple generations to complete the northern migration and the tools these butterflies use to navigate their trip.

Concepts

butterfly life cycle, butterflies, monarch butterflies, migration, instincts, hormones

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate when studying instinctual behaviors
• Combine the lesson with the additional videos in the same series on the topic for a more complete experience

Classroom Considerations

• Consider monitoring comments if making available for independent viewing

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides an option for closed captioning to support vocabulary instruction
• Includes interviews of experts in the field

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 RST.9-10.7