EDUCATE
Learning about and teaching others about monarchs is a conservation action! This page will connect you to activities, curricula, field trips, and educational resources for learners from preschool through adult.
ACTIVITIES
Activities
Participants give their first impression of a picture of an animal by moving to an emoji representing their reaction. This activity highlights our internal biases for and against different animals. Based on Project Wild Activity.
Includes Spanish version!
Activities
This is a collection of pollinator science and censervation activities curated by the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.
Activities
This step-by-step guide shows you how to draw a monarch butterfly or caterpillar.
Activities
Questions and answers about monarch butterflies to guide your visit to the exhibits at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History or to the Monarch Sanctuary.
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Activities
Elementary students read
The Perfect Place (English or Spanish) and meet Mozzie and Mac, two migrating monarch butterflies. They follow up by writing postcards to to Mozzie and Mac deteiling why they should come visit their school or nearby Monarch Sanctuary.
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Includes Spanish version!
Activities
Created at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, this booklet folds closed to show a monarch butterfly and folds open to reveal the life cycle of a monarch.
Includes Spanish version!
Activities
This step-by-step guide shows you how to draw a monarch butterfly or caterpillar.
Activities
Participants give their first impression of a picture of an animal by moving to an emoji representing their reaction. This activity highlights our internal biases for and against different animals. Based on Project Wild Activity.
Activities
This collection of resources, curated by PG Museum, shows how preschool and elementary math concepts can be connected to pollinator science and conservation. Math concepts include: sorting, patterns, symmetry, counting, measuring, graphing, greater than/less than, non-standard units of measure, angles, and estimating.
Activities
Use the chemistry principle paper chromatography to make a beautiful butterfly from a coffee filter, water soluble markers, and a pipe cleaner.
Activities
Learn about the warning colors of a monarch and make your own butterfly with colors that communicate.
Activities
Make a small kits out of paper, popsicle stick, and string.
Includes Spanish version!
CURRICULUM
Curriculum
Through four project-based lessons spanning the life cycle and ecology of monarch butterflies and other insects, students will engage in and learn about the scientific process.
Curriculum
The Xerces society has information on pollinator science and conservation for teachers as well as the XKids Activity Book
Curriculum
A collection of activities for preschoolers including scavenger hunts, crafts, games, STEM, and movement activities to develop an early appreciation for all pollinators.
Curriculum
Wild Classroom curriculum has monarch conservation activities correlated with Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Standards.
FIELD TRIPS
Field Trips
Book a field trip to the Museum or the Monarch Sanctuary in Pacific Grove. Class and exploration focus on adaptations, habitat, and conservation
Spanish and Spanish-English field trips available!
Field Trips
Habitat Stewardship Project has native plant events that are open to the public and schools.
Spanish and Spanish-English field trips available!
Field Trips
MEarth has field trips programs exploring habitats, food,, and community.
Spanish and Spanish-English field trips available!
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult Education
PG Museum hosts Science on Tap, Master Gardener workshops, and other events for adults and for families on pollinator conservation and related topics.
Adult Education
California Naturalist and Climate Stewards are certificate courses that provide a deep look at the natural history and conservation of a particular region of California.