Sam was so nice and he had a smile as wide as the migration route is long. He wanted you to know how happy he was that he could help send your butterflies on their way to Mexico.

Before leaving, Sam gave us the special UPS Tracking number, so that you can follow the migration LIVE all the way to Mexico. But first--Sam had a question for you. Watch the "Sam Cam" below, and look over the details of the travel itinerary that he left for you. See if you can answer Sam's Challenge Question. But don't wait too long, the Butterflies could catch a tail wind!

Watch the "Sam Cam" and see if you answer Challenge Question #1

Sam's Challenge Question #1: (Text version):
"Exactly how many days, hours and minutes do you think it will take the butterflies to reach Angangueo, Mexico?"

• Start with the time the Butterflies were scanned in at UPS' State-Of-The-Art Package Hub in Maple Grove, MN--exactly 3:04 p.m. CST on Nov 17.
  
  
• From the UPS Package Hub in Maple Grove, the butterflies will be FLOWN to Louisville, KY
  
  
• From Louisville, they will FLY to Houston, TX
  
  
• From Houston they will FLY to Mexico
  
  
• Upon arrival in Mexico City, they will go through Customs.
  
  
• Finally they will be TRUCKED to Angangueo in Mexico.
  
  
• As you figure your answer, this information about the workday in Mexico might be helpful: People generally come to work at 9 a.m., they take a midday comida from 12 until 2, and return to work until about 7 p.m.
  
  
• UPS Online Package Tracking System
  
  
• The Butterflies' Tracking number is: 4975 0761 048

Take the Journey North Challenge: How Many Butterflies?
While we were packing up the Butterflies, we wondered just how many you had sent us--we were buried in them! So, Jane, Elizabeth, Julie, Mary and Beth all went on camera to ask YOU the big question! Watch us on the video, read the hints below, and then see if can answer:

Watch us ask YOU Challenge Question #2

Challenge Question #2:
"How many Symbolic Butterflies do you think are flying to Mexico this year?"(same question as in video)

• On Day One, our team spent a total of 17 hours processing butterflies.
• On Day Two, our team spent a total of 13 hours processing butterflies.
• Over Day One and Day Two, our team completed processing a total 581.5 envelopes.
• After Days One and Two, our team spent lots of additional time processing all the remaining Butterflies, and this additional time equals 75% of the total hours spent processing all Butterflies.
• On average each of the envelopes contained approximately 21.61 butterflies inside.
  

• Symbolic Migration Passenger List

1. LOOK AGAIN! Please check the list very, very carefully. When teachers write us in despair, we find that over 75% simply didn't read carefully enough.
   
   
2. Please do not write to us about spelling errors. With a plane to catch--and over 2,000 schools on board--we had to type quickly! We apologize in advance if your school's name is misspelled.
   
   
3. If you're certain your name is not listed, send an E-mail to Journey North and let us know:
   our feedback form (Please include your full name and address, and the number of butterflies you sent.)

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"Butterflies Were Migrating All Over the School!"
That's what Mrs. King's Third Grade Class said was happening at West Point Elementary School in West Point NY.

As part of a study of monarchs and other migrating species, Mrs. King's third graders decided to raise funds for the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation(MBSF) by creating and then selling "Spirit" butterflies to their classmates. The class figured that if they sold 80 butterflies at a quarter a piece, they would raise $20. Mrs. King said: "That seemed like a good amount of money to raise and a nice number of butterflies to sell." But something happened--in two days of their sale, they exceeded their goal--and sold over 400 Butterflies and raised $105.00 for MBSF. "That meant someone needed to make a lot more butterflies!!"

In addition to making, selling and donating the profits to MBSF, the students learned monarch trivia and all about the real monarch's fall migration route to Mexico. Way to go, third graders--now that's school "spirit"!

Mrs King's Third Graders make a difference. Now that's school spirit!

Many of you sent donation checks for MBSF this season, and we can't thank you enough. Look at the figures below and see if you can answer Challenge Question #3:

Challenge Question #3:
"We received donation checks for the MBSF from approximately 45.13% of the 1,108 schools that sent in butterflies. Can you calculate how many schools sent in donation checks?"

"It seems that the over-riding theme I see in making these galleries of cool butterflies is SHARING the wonderful ideas and passing on creative ideas between teachers and students! Maybe you could suggest this to the readers of the Symbolic Update and have them bookmark the pages for inspiration next year?"

Visit the Galleries Do you see your Butterfly?
	Gallery One Butterflies with Messages	Gallery Two Realistic Butterflies	Gallery Three Putting a Face on Your Monarch
Gallery Four Crazy for Collages	Gallery Five Littlest Gems	Gallery Six Delightfully Different	Gallery Seven Sensationally Symetrical

We hope you'll take the time to send them a thank you note for their support
	Please send your thanks to: Mr. Ed Gill UPS Minnesota COO 3312 Broadway St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413

IMPORTANT: Answer only ONE question in each e-mail message.

1. Address an e-mail message to: jn-symbolic@learner.org
2. In the Subject Line of your message write: Challenge Question #1 (OR #2 OR #3)
3. In the body of the message, answer the question above.

The FINAL Symbolic Monarch Migration Update Will be Posted on November 25, 2003