-Observe life cycle
-Count days of each stage
​-Make predictions
-Scientific drawing of caterpillar, passion flower
-Write a story from caterpillar's POV
-Symmetry in butterflies
-Adaptations
-Vocabulary
-Creative writing: Butterfly's journey to Florida
(incorporate geography, regions, habitats, etc)
-USB microscope

Gulf Fritillary 

Monarch

click name for more info and life cycle

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Why we observe life cycles naturally instead of using purchased caterpillars

Monarchs Across Georgia strongly discourages the purchase or release of any commercially-reared butterflies. Commercial rearing can result in genetically inferior organisms, reduction of genetic diversity, introduction of disease, inbreeding, as well as, the introduction of species and genetics not native to the area. MAG does not promote hand-pairing to rear successive generations of butterflies as this also encourages inbreeding and genetically inferior species. It may also result in the release of butterfly species at times when they are not normally found in Georgia.

Oak Grove Elementary participates in Monarch Watch and the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail.  Our  three gardens on campus - the Learning Garden, First Grade Pollinator Garden, and Birdsong Nature Trail Garden - increase the habitats available to monarchs and other pollinators. Our gardens include milkweed and other host plants as well as nectar plants during spring, summer and fall.   

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Participate in the Monarch Symbolic Migration program for classrooms (click here)

Go to Journeynorth.org to see a map of monarch migration this year

To learn more about the 2009 project, Monarchs in Space, click here

Oak Grove's GPS location is ​33.83642° N, 84.28856° W

Mrs. Xides on location doing a citizen science project on Ossabaw Island - counting migrating butterflies