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| Symbolic
Migration Update: November 29, 2007
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Today's
Report Includes:
- News:
Symbolic
Butterflies Arrive at Sanctuaries
- How
Long was their Travel? >>
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- Explore:
How Many Traveled? >>
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- News
Flash: Conservation Funding for Monarch Sanctuaries >>
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- "All
Aboarrrd?!"
- The
Symbolic Passenger List >>
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- Mark
your Calendar! >>
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Butterflies
arrive at Colegio Corregidora in Angangueo, Mexico!!
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News:
Symbolic Butterflies Arrive at Sanctuaries |
The
symbolic butterflies have arrived in the sanctuaries!!
Sharpen
your pencils for this challenge: How
long did it take them to travel from the Journey North headquarters
in Minnesota to Mexico?
| Departure |
Arrival |
How
many days, hours, and minutes did they travel? |
| Butterflies
Left at 1:16PM November 14. |
Butterflies Arrived at 11:35 AM November 22
(in Angangueo) |
| Butterflies arrived at 6:02 PM November 20 (in Saltillo) |
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| Explore:
How
Many Traveled? |
How
Many Butterflies Traveled to Mexico this year? We
predicted that there wouldn't be enough seats in Yankee
Stadium for all of this year's Symbolic Monarchs, but what's
the Actual
Total?
(Drum
Roll...)
70,360
butterflies from 3,300 classrooms! |
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Did
you ESTIMATE?
Go
find your answer and compare it with ours!
We told you:
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The
total weight of all butterflies is 406 pounds, and
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3,000
butterflies weighed 18 pounds.
Special
thanks
to everybody who sent their guesses! >>
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Students in Angangueo were the first to receive your symbolic
monarchs this year!
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| News
Flash: Conservation Funding for Monarch Sanctuaries |
Mexico's
President Announces Conservation Plan
The
official opening of the monarch butterfly tourist season
took place on Sunday, November 25. This year, Mexico's President
Calderón
made a surprise visit.
Study the maps of the sanctuary region and learn why the
President's visit to the Sierra Chincua sanctuary is so important
for the migrating monarchs and the people of Mexico.
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| "All
Aboarrrd?!" |
"All
Aboarrrd?!" 2007 Symbolic Migration Passenger List
2007
brought a record number of symbolic butterflies. We hope we have reported
each and every envelope that came to the staging grounds in Minnesota.
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| Mark
your Calendar! |
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What's in Store for Your Symbolic Butterflies: COMING
December 7: Monarch
Butterfly Sanctuary Fund Contributions
List
of donors to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation proudly
displayed. While
your Butterflies are in the care of the Mexican people, read
about life in the sanctuary region.
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The
Next Symbolic Monarch Migration Update Will be Posted on December
7, 2007.
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