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And They're Off!
While you were boarding your bus or walking home from school today, your butterflies were also being readied to board for the long trip to their winter homes. Led by Beth Allen, everyone at the Journey North office was busy getting your Butterflies ready for the trip to Mexico--the final leg of their journey south. We carefully packed, sealed, and weighed all of the boxes, and Ruthan Gagner had the special UPS shipping labels ready to go, all in good time before UPS driver Mike arrived at Journey North to load up his truck.

You can be sure that the butterflies had lots of TLC in the hands of our driver this year! Mike was thrilled to learn about all the creative energy it took to make all the thousands of butterflies in the boxes, and excited to learn about the Journey North Symbolic Monarch project. Before leaving, Mike gave us UPS Tracking numbers, so you can follow the migration LIVE all the way to Mexico. But first--Mike had a question for you. Watch the video clip below, and look over the details of the travel itinerary that he left for you. See if you can answer Mike’s Challenge Question. But don't wait too long, the Butterflies could catch a tail wind!

Watch this video clip of Challenge Question #1

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 Journey North staging grounds in Deephaven, MN--exactly 4:10 p.m. CST on Nov 18.
• The boxes were then driven to the UPS Package Hub in Maple Grove, MN. 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.

• UPS Online Package Tracking System

• 4584 929 7153
• 4303 0256 462
• 4303 0256 471
• 4303 0256 480
• 4303 0256 499
• 4303 0256 506
• 4303 0256 515
• 4303 0256 524
• 4303 0256 533
• 4303 0256 652
• 4303 0256 661

(To respond to this Challenge Question, follow the instructions at the end of this report -- and remember to show your work!)

Sharpen Your Pencils! How Many Butterflies?
We were buried in paper butterflies this year! While packing them up we wondered just how many you had sent us. So, we all went on camera to ask YOU the big question! Watch us on the video, read the hints below, and then see if you 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)

• One box of 2,225 b-flies weighs 14.75 pounds
• There are 12 boxes total
• The boxes’ weights are: 14.75 lbs, 14.75 lbs, 28.5 lbs, 27.5 lbs, 27.25 lbs, 28.0 lbs, 27.75 lbs, 27.0 lbs, 28.0 lbs, 26.25 lbs, 27.0 lbs, 28.0 lbs.

• 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 missed seeing their school.
   Sorry 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.
2. If you've double-checked and you’re certain your name is not listed, please send comments and questions in our “feedback form:” (Include your school’s full name and address, and the number of butterflies you sent.)

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Ready and Waiting in Mexico

More about Senora RocioTrevino, Founder of Correo Real

With peak Monarch Butterfly migration completed, and your Symbolic Butterflies now on their way to the school children in the sanctuary area and to Rocio Trevino, Founder of Correo Real in Coahuila, Mexico. Rocio wrote to say that the local children and teens who will be participating in the Symbolic Migration are now waiting for some of your paper butterflies to arrive. They plan to take special care of them for the entire winter, she said, and send them back north in March. Can you find Saltillo, Coahuila on a map?

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It Takes a Variety of Contributors
Inside your envelopes we found many contributions for the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation (MBSF).
Contributions arrived from students in public and private elementary, middle and high schools; students in parks, wildlife, and city programs; students in Sunday schools, home schools and deaf schools.
Your donations both large and small have served as a true gesture of appreciation to the Mexican people for caring for the butterflies.

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People-to-people: Finding Solutions through MBSF

"We're Helping Monarchs" through the MBSF

At the Journey North staging grounds it is clear that students all over North America want to help monarchs. The mail brought many, many envelopes labeled, “We’re Helping Monarchs!” and included money to be donated to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation(MBSF).
MBSF President Dr. Karen Oberhauser tells us that through the use of these donations we will finally address the needs of monarchs--as well as the needs of the people who own the land on which the butterflies overwinter.
As a private, people-to-people initiative, MBSF connects citizens of the United States and Canada who care about monarchs with the very people in Mexico who own the sanctuaries -- and on whose future the monarch depends.

• Find out more about the Foundation:

Challenge Question #3:
Monarchs migrate to Mexico to live in forests high up in the mountains. These forest areas are supposed to be protected, but many of them are in danger. What kind of danger and how does it affect the monarchs and the people who live nearby?

• Art Gallery #One (see bottom of each gallery for links to all the galleries):

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 December 3, 2004.