LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP Monarch Butterflies and Citizen Science Presented by: Jim O Leary and Grant Bowers December 12, 2012 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Eastern time 1
Introducing today s presenters Jim O Leary Senior Scientist Maryland Science Center Grant Bowers Program Coordinator Monarchs in the Classroom University of Minnesota 2
Flight of the Butterflies IMAX film Story of the discovery of monarch migration Have you seen the film? Yes No 3
Symposia Hands-on sessions at NSTA conferences Film screening Life cycle stations with live butterflies Lesson ideas and curriculum guide Did you attend/are you planning to attend? A. Louisville B. Phoenix C. San Antonio D. None 4
Flight of the Butterflies Tour the Website 5
Questions about Flight of the Butterflies? 6
Citizen Science Programs for Monarchs Grant Bowers University of Minnesota November 27, 2012 www.monarchlab.org bowe0182@umn.edu
What is Citizen Science? Participation of volunteers in research projects led by trained scientists Audubon Christmas Bird Count Collect data over large temporal and spatial range Also called Public Participation in Scientific Research (PPSR)
Monarchs are one of the most intensively monitored species Fall Photo: A. Davis migration Fall migration arrival Adult Counts Tagging Fall roosts Overwinter colony counts Juveniles & parasites Spring migration Breeding & Spring migration expansion MONITORING PROGRAMS North American Butterfly Association count program Illinois Butterfly monitoring network Ohio Butterfly monitoring network No. CA monitoring program (Shapiro) MN monitoring site (Weber) Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Monarch Health Journey North World Wildlife Fund in Mexico Thanksgiving Monarch Counts MonarchWatch Southwest Monarchs Cape May roost monitoring Long Point roost monitoring Peninsula Point roost monitoring
Brief Summary of: Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Project Monarch Health Journey North Monarch Watch
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project www.mlmp.org Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Select site to monitor Weekly Anecdotally Monitor milkweed patches weekly Submit data online 826 sites 36 states and 3 Canadian provinces
Monarch densities fluctuate from year to year Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
Visit www.mlmp.org
In what way(s) could you imagine using the MLMP in your classroom?
www.monarchparasites.org
Adults emerge covered with spores Females scatter spores on milkweed Larvae hatch and consume spores Spore formation Life cycle of Ophyrocystis elektroscirrha Spores lyse in gut Cells round up and form gamonts Parasites undergo vegetative replication
Oe infection highest in South Florida S. Florida Western migratory Eastern migratory
Program provides FREE sampling kits
Visit www.monarchparasites.org
In what way(s) could you imagine using Monarch Health in your classroom?
www.learner.org/jnorth
Spring migration 1. Pre-migration sightings (Jan or Feb) 2. First adult monarch butterfly
Spring migration 3. First milkweed
Order of state by state occupation in spring Howard and Davis 2004
Overnight roosts Fall migration
Visit www.learner.org/jnorth
In what way(s) could you imagine using Journey North in your classroom?
Visit www.monarchwatch.org
Which of the citizen science projects you learned about here are you most likely to use in your classroom? A MLMP B Monarch Health C Journey North D Monarch Watch E Multiple/other
Final Questions? Thank you for your participation! bowe0182@umn.edu www.monarchlab.org
Thanks to today s presenters! Jim O Leary Senior Scientist Maryland Science Center Grant Bowers Program Coordinator Monarchs in the Classroom University of Minnesota
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