Journey North Maps
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Provided by: Journey North|Published on: October 18, 2022
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Synopsis
- This depository of interactive maps visually details the seasonal sightings of monarch butterflies, robins, gray whales, and bald eagles in North America.
- Students can see images of pollinator habitat, track animal sightings, report a sighting, and analyze historical data for each species.
Subjects: Biology, Geography
Authors: Journey North
Region: North America
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This interactive resource can be utilized in several ways to get students excited about learning.
- The maps are easy to read and work with.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be able to read maps and simple data sets.
Differentiation
- This resource can be used in science classes working on ecosystems, species, or migration, or in social studies classes focusing on geography and mapping.
- This resource could be used in a single lesson or checked throughout the year to monitor the migrations of one or more species.
- Try dividing students into groups to be responsible for tracking one of the species throughout the school year. They can track their movements on a paper map, record the dates, and write about why the animals migrate.
- For additional context or to extend the lesson, connect this topic with changes to animal migrations due to climate change. This video could be a great resource for students to explore.
- To enhance this connection, have students review this other interactive map from the Nature Conservancy that shows possible climate-altered migratory paths for a number of species.
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