Classroom Tools: information for teachers and students

  • Monarchs in the classroom:   Monarchs in the Classroom of the University of Minnesota aims to provide a solid background for understanding the ecology, behavior and evolution of monarch butterflies by providing an interactive forum for communication among students, teachers, and scientists.  The website reports scientific discoveries as well as recent high school and middle school projects by students involved in monarch butterfly research.
  • National Phenology Network:  The National Phenology Network is a site that brings together citizen scientists, government agencies, non-profit groups, educators and students of all ages to monitor the impacts of climate change on plants and animals in the United States.  This site is an information sharing network providing researchers with more data than they could personally accumulate. 
  • Raising Butterflies:  "This website is an encyclopedia of knowledge designed both to help beginners understand the basics and to encourage seasoned veterans to collaborate in the specifics of raising butterflies from western North America and beyond"