Show #5
Initial Air Date:
October 13 at 6:30 pm
October 18 at 7:00 am

Monarch Butterflies In the Classroom - Classroom Close-up, NJ travels to Mexico with New Jersey teachers who witness the epic migration of the monarch butterflies. Every fall the butterflies migrate south. The following spring and several generations later, the butterflies return to New Jersey. For teachers, the journey begins when they attend a summer workshop that helps bring the lesson of the butterflies into their classrooms, introducing students to science, social studies, language arts, Spanish, and technology. Students learn about the monarch life cycle, ecology and conservation. They learn how to raise and tag monarchs in the classroom, and develop a school butterfly garden. This project was developed by the Educational Information Resource Center (EIRC), a public agency specializing in education-related programs and services for parents, schools, communities and nonprofit organizations throughout New Jersey. For more go to: http://www.eirc.org/