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VO: The town of Angangueo in the Central Highlands of Mexico
is the epicenter of the monarch sanctuaries.
And among the millions of butterflies that come every winter,
some carry a signature from Missouri.
Guide: (TRANSLATOR) They put tags on the butterflies in the United States
and Canada to see how many of them arrive here.
Then, we collect them here and the biologists and scientists
come to see how many of the tagged butterflies arrived.
Gerald: You know we tag the butterflies at Shaw Nature Reserve here in Missouri,
and then the butterflies migrate south,
It is neat to find out they've arrived there. We were lucky enough
that one of our tags was recovered.
Kathy Lewis: OK, Jake just put at tag on this butterfly, the tag says Monarch Watch on it
and has a number for identification.
If this monarch makes it to Mexico we'll be able to know
it's one we tagged in St. Louis at Shaw Nature Reserve.
So it's just great. It's a way to know that they've made it from here to there.
Sarah: So we are all going to Mexico? Kathy: To see them, yes.
Kathy Lewis: 5th grade is a great age to teach, yes.
The kids are curious, and they just are curious about everything.
So you can just really get them involved in most any topic
because they have the skills to really pursue it on they're own.
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Kathy: Journey North has organized people in both Canada and the United States,
to draw butterflies like you are doing to send them to Mexico
so that the butterflies that you are drawing
will spend the winter in Mexico with the kids in Mexico.
And they'll read your messages that you have written on the butterflies,
they will see what you have drawn,
and then they will write you a message and send them back in the spring
when the monarchs will be migrating north.
VO: For the kids, it's an interdisciplinary journey through math, science and art,
all while exploring one of the great wonders of nature.
Gerald: I love teaching students and showing them the magic of the world,
and just amazing sites in the world.
I have a lot of curiosity, and I guess I share that with my students.
Cause I'm always amazed at the things that we can see outside.
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