Discussion Questions
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- How many monarchs could a person expect to see per hour while watching spring migration in Texas?
- How many monarchs per hour might a person see during fall migration?
- What reasons does Dr. Calvert give to explain why it's easier to see more monarchs in the fall?
- Brainstorm: What do monarchs need in the spring? What do they need in the fall? How might monarchs behave differently because of these different needs?
- What do you wonder about monarch butterfly migration after reading Dr. Calvert's report?
- What new things did you learn about monarch butterfly migration from Dr. Calvert's report?
National Science Education Standards
Life Science
Organisms have basic needs. They can survive only in environments
in which their needs can be met. The world has many different environments,
and distinct ones support the life of different types of organisms. (K-4)
The behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues (such as hunger) and by external cues (such as a change in the environment). (K-4)
An organism's behavior patterns are related to the nature of that organism's environment, including the kinds and number of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment. (K-4)
Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. (5-8)
Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation. (K-4)
National Geography Standards
The World
in Spatial Terms
How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and
environments.
