NEW - In-School Field Trips!
MJV staff will come to your classroom to lead a program on monarch migration!
Let experts from MJV lead your students through a lesson or activity focused on monarchs or pollinators.
Monarch Mishaps
This active game demonstrates the pressures monarchs face as they develop into adults. Your students will be immersed in the world of monarchs, each having a role to play. Some will be monarchs, searching for milkweed to lay their eggs. Others will be be pressures - predators, parasites, weather and more. The game culminates with some quick math to calculate survival rate, and discussions on what might be different about the outcome if different factors changed.
Grades: 3-5
Time: 45-60 minutes
Cost: $160
Meets NGSS DCI: 3-LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms, 4-LS1.A Structure and Function, 5-LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms, 5-LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; CC: Patterns, Energy and Matter; S&E: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Monarch Migration Gliders
This hands-on, STEM-driven investigation dives into what it takes to glide through the air like a monarch. During the field trip, students will build model gliders, design a testing methodology, and record results for multiple trials. Field trips include a pre-visit lesson plan with access to virtual content about the North American monarch migration and post-visit follow up opportunities to deepen students’ understanding.
Monarch butterflies in eastern North America make a long and challenging journey to the mountains of central Mexico each fall. This field trip will explore when and why monarchs make this journey and support students in a STEM-driven investigation to dive deeper into how they travel so far.
The field trip is designed with a short pre-visit lesson to develop student background knowledge and a post-visit lesson to extend their learning.
Grades: 3-5
Time:
20-30 minute pre-visit lesson
60 minute in class field trip with Monarch Joint Venture
45-60 minute post-visit lesson
Cost: $160
Lessons and field trip meet MN science standards 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 3.1.1, and 4.1.1
In School Field Trip service is only available in the Twin Cities region. Please complete the presentation and outreach request form to book your field trip today! Email education@monarchjointvneture.org with any questions.
MJV staff are also available to present smaller programs to your group. Please contact us to work together to find the right fit for your group.
Group Presentations
MJV staff are available to present to your group or classroom! We offer a variety of ways to connect with your audience, from short question-and-answer sessions to full-on presentations. Format options and topics for these presentations are listed below, and you can be assured that you’ll be getting the most up to date information from knowledgeable experts in monarch conservation. To book a presentation please fill out the presentation and outreach request form.
Virtual Q&A with an expert- 30 minutes, live | $30 | Ages: All
Live virtual presentation with Q&A (pre-prepared or customized) - 45-60 minutes | $75 | Ages: 4th grade to adults
In Person presentation - 45-60 minutes | $150 | Ages: All*
*In person presentations are limited to locations in which MJV staff are based. Scheduling for all presentations is subject to availability of MJV staff. We are most likely to be able to staff or provide in person services in the following locations: Twin Cities region of Minnesota, West Central Wisconsin, Omaha region of Nebraska, St Louis region of Missouri, Central or Northern California, and Northwestern Indiana.
Topics include:
Monarch Overview - Life cycle, migration, population, conservation
Gardening for Monarchs
Monarch Community Science
Science updates (population dynamics and drivers, changing climate, threats, or habitat selection)
The “why” of community science
If you are interested in having MJV present as a keynote speaker for your conference or meeting, please contact us directly at education@monarchjointventure.org.