This post was contributed by Connie Taylor, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. A highlight this month was our first and second grade field trip to “The Butterfly House” in Whitehouse, Ohio. Students were able to interact with various kinds of butterflies in the indoor garden area, view a chrysalis exhibit showing numerous emerging […]
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Sts. Peter & Paul School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Connie Lake and Deb Moffit, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leaders. We had an exciting month of growth, not just with the plants, but with the expansion of the garden! We continued to have Citizen Scientist Tuesday to learn about new and exciting topics. Each month we try to incorporate […]
Saint Paul’s School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Ann Pfalzgraf, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. It has been a busy month for us at St. Paul’s. This month has been mostly a wrap up for the nine seniors in the Environmental Science Class. We finished the final touches on the garden and maintained it by watering and […]
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Holly Rice, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. We now have two completed gardens at St. Elizabeth! Our courtyard plants are showing a lot of growth during the first month since completion. The butterfly garden in front of the school has four varieties of milkweed and the plants had a […]
St. Joseph Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Ashley Davis, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. We have continued our clean up efforts in our garden as we prepare for the monarchs. While working to prepare the garden, we also have started researching what attracts monarchs and we have made plans for how we will set up the […]
Rosary Cathedral Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Connie Taylor, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader The garden is once again covered in a light blanket of snow as of April 10th. I was honored to be asked to speak to a group of 50 diocesan teachers, at their L.I.F.E. (Learning in Faith-filled Environment) meeting, in regards to […]
Saint Margaret Mary Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Kate Rezac, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. Pope Francis said, “Let us be protectors of God’s Plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.” Our students, our families, our community are finding ways to be these protectors. For example, over spring break, one student and […]
Sts. Peter & Paul School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Connie Lake and Deb Moffit, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leaders. This month, the students have been learning about pollinators and the body parts of insects. With this knowledge they will begin to draw insects along with labeling the body parts. They will also be observing and counting the number […]
Saint Paul’s School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Ann Pfalzgraf, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. It has been a busy month for us here at St. Paul’s School in Covington, LA. We do hope that all will enjoy and we hope that the public may learn something about monarch butterflies from our video! Most of the month […]
STREAM in action: The Monarch Rescue Project
This post was contributed by Andrea Kopp, NCEA Resource Manager. Monarch Butterflies are both beautiful and delicate creatures. The declining population of these pollinators has been a passion project of several NCEA grant recipients through the Monarch Rescue Project. Teachers are framing the scientific study of Monarch Butterflies through the lens of Pope Francis’ Encyclical […]
