Tag Archives: monarch butterflies
Monarch Butterflies in a Tailspin
April 1, 2013University of Kansas insect ecologist, Dr. Chip Taylor, who is the founder and director of Monarch Watch, explains in this interview for Yale Environment 360 the variety of factors that are leading to a precipitous decline in the monarch butterfly population. … Continue reading
Monarch Mondays: Week 4
June 7, 2010Today’s story from Maren Pearson, a Special Education teacher with Marshall High School (Fairfax County Public Schools, VA), is the final installment in our Monarch Monday series. We thank the Educational Information Resource Center and its Monarch Teacher Network for … Continue reading
Monarch Mondays: Week 3
May 24, 2010Happy Monday! We’re pleased to share the third in our Monarch Monday series. Today we hear from Hope D’Avino-Jennings of the Bergen Community College Child Development Center. I have been a preschool teacher at the Bergen Community College Child Development … Continue reading
Monarch Mondays: Week 2
May 17, 2010Welcome back to Monarch Mondays! This is our second week of this new guest series. If you missed last week, you can see Mary Lenahan’s wonderful guest post here. For many years, the Dodge Foundation has supported EIRC in their … Continue reading
New Guest Series: Monarch Mondays
May 10, 2010Welcome to Monarch Mondays! For many years the Dodge Foundation has supported EIRC in their efforts to provide teachers with environmental experiences that both inspire and empower their classroom work. Our efforts started with the NJ Teachers for Biodiversity but … Continue reading
Butterflies!
September 17, 2009Three of our six butterflies emerged this morning! Here are the chrysalis pictures, in case you missed them. It is impossible to have a bad day when you have butterflies in your office. photos: Michelle Knapik
When Little Green Guests Took Over the Office
September 14, 2009Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate For the past few days, we have hosted these little guys at our office. Do you recognize them?