Our Robotic Team is working this year on a project to help improve the habitat of the Monarchs as they migrate across Georgia on their way to Mexico. The tag was placed on the wing of all three of the Monarchs we reared and released.
The Robotics team is researching the need for more Milkweed to be planted around the Smyrna area. Our students have gathered seed from Milkweed plants at our 2-5 campus and are currently in the process of making seed packets to hand out to all After School Students to take home and plant. Inside each packet, the families will find directions for planting and a link for more information.
The entire school body grades 2-5 participated in the symbolic Monarch Migration project in STEM sponsored by Journey North. Each child made a Monarch and tagged their butterfly with our school name and town. The butterflies where sent to other students in Mexico to celebrate the arrival of the butteries. In the spring our students will receive a butterfly from another school as the butterflies return to Georgia on their way back to Canada for the summer.
Although this photo looks photo-shopped, it is not. The monarch is on a zinnia in front of the mural painted on our garden shed. The circle on the butterfly also looks photo-shopped... but it's not:)