{"id":318,"date":"2014-01-09T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jacobtanenbaum.com\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2019-03-11T10:37:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T14:37:07","slug":"monarch-butterfly-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.jacobtanenbaum.com\/?page_id=318","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Butterfly Resources and Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, watch this video on Monarch Butterflies, then do the activity below.\u00a0 You can also view Mr. Tanenbaum&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jstanenbaum\/47349417881\/in\/dateposted\/\">Monarch Photo Gallery<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ensembleEmbeddedContent_H2fYaFlXV0eyTPOqPaGBVA\" src=\"https:\/\/ensemble.lhric.org\/hapi\/v1\/contents\/68d8671f-5759-4757-b24c-f3aa3da18154\/plugin?embedAsThumbnail=false&amp;displayTitle=false&amp;startTime=0&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;hideControls=true&amp;showCaptions=false&amp;width=640&amp;height=360&amp;displaySharing=false&amp;displayAnnotations=false&amp;displayAttachments=false&amp;displayLinks=false&amp;displayEmbedCode=false&amp;displayDownloadIcon=false&amp;displayMetaData=false&amp;displayCredits=false&amp;displayCaptionSearch=false&amp;audioPreviewImage=false&amp;displayViewersReport=false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong>\u00a0 What is happening to the monarch populations around North America?\u00a0 Let\u2019s analyze the data and find out for ourselves.\u00a0 Your job is to look at the data from one single site and then report back to the class at the end of the period.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists count monarchs at migration sites every winter.\u00a0 The data from western sites are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xerces.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/StateOfMonarchOverwinteringSitesInCA_XercesSoc_web.pdf\">State of Monarch Report <\/a>\u00a0from the Xcerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (Xerces.org) website.\u00a0 Scroll down to page 12 of the report.\u00a0 Pick one site.\u00a0 Look at the data from 1997 through 2014.\u00a0 Now answer these questions:<\/p>\n<p>What is the name of the site you picked?<\/p>\n<form><input style=\"width: 291px; height: 43px;\" name=\"sitename\" size=\"47\" type=\"text\" \/><\/form>\n<p>What was the current population?<\/p>\n<form><input style=\"width: 291px; height: 43px;\" name=\"pop97\" size=\"47\" type=\"text\" \/><\/form>\n<p>By how much has the population decreased?<\/p>\n<form><input style=\"width: 291px; height: 43px;\" name=\"popchange\" size=\"47\" type=\"text\" \/><\/form>\n<p>If there are less than 50 individuals remaining in your area, we can consider that the population has crashed.\u00a0 Meaning it is in danger of disappearing.\u00a0 Has your population crashed?<\/p>\n<form><input style=\"width: 291px; height: 43px;\" name=\"popcrash\" size=\"47\" type=\"text\" \/><\/form>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s look at the site itself.\u00a0 Scroll down in the report and study the road and satellite maps for your area.\u00a0 Now answer these questions:<\/p>\n<p>Is there development (things human beings have made, like roads and houses)\u00a0 in the area that might hurt the monarchs?\u00a0\u00a0 If so, what kind of development?<\/p>\n<form><input style=\"width: 500px; height: 100px;\" name=\"dev-kind\" size=\"166\" type=\"text\" \/><\/form>\n<p>Are there things humans have done in the area which might help the monarchs?\u00a0 What are those things?<\/p>\n<form><input style=\"width: 500px; height: 100px;\" name=\"dev-good\" size=\"181\" type=\"text\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Monarch Butterflies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jstanenbaum\/albums\/72157639532305674\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2869\/11826649326_1d97b0ae21_z.jpg\" alt=\"Monarch Butterflies\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, watch this video on Monarch Butterflies, then do the activity below.\u00a0 You can also view Mr. Tanenbaum&#8217;s Monarch Photo Gallery: Directions:\u00a0 What is happening to the monarch populations around North America?\u00a0 Let\u2019s analyze the data and find out for &hellip; 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