Introduction
Our butterfly garden needs help. We want to make our butterfly garden friendly for monarchs. You will be researchers and garden designers. Your job is to find out what a good butterfly garden needs. Once you have done some reserach, you will be able to design your butterfly garden! Happy gardening!
Task
Use the links below to help you reserach butterfly gardens!
| Different types of Milkweed | Find out about different types of Milkweed you could plant in our garden. |
| Host Plants and Nectar Plants | Find out about host plants and nectar plants for butterfly gardens. |
| Monarch Butterfly Gardens | Find out about what Monarch butterflies need in a garden. |
| Butterfly Nectar Plants | Find out about butterfly nectar plants |
| Butterfly Host Plants | Find out about butterfly host plants. |
| Butterfly Bushes | Find out about butterfly bushes. |
| Butterfly Gardening | A guide about butterfly gardens. |
| Make a Butterfly Garden | Another guide about butterfly gardens. |
| Save the Monarchs | Find out about how we can help Monarch butterflies. |
Process
You can do the project at your own pace! You can use books or the computers to do your research. You will have 4 days to research plants and other "ornaments" that would make your butterfly garden attract Monarchs.
Evaluation
You will be graded using this rubric:
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Garden Checklist |
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Item on Plan |
Teammates in Charge |
Complete? |
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Our garden has a variety of plants. -at least 3 host plants
-at least 3 nectar plants
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Our garden has a water source. |
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Our garden has other “ornaments” to make it better. |
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Our garden has resting places for butterflies that keep them safe. |
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Our garden has a name. |
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Our group worked together to complete the project |
All group members |
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Conclusion
If your group finished before it is time to reflect, prepare a presentation that you might send to the Get2Green committee!