How Many Monarchs Can You Count in One Minute? An Online Challenge Activity (Back to Introduction)

Build Your Monarch Observation Skills! Count monarchs flying across each practice window for one minute. Calculate the migration rate using standard units of measurement. Compare your results to find which shows the strongest migration.

Count: Click the links below to count the flying monarchs!

Window #1 Window #2 How many monarchs did you count in Practice Window #1? _________________ How many monarchs did you count in Practice Window #2? ______________________

Calculate: What is the migration rate?

Take the results from your practice counts above and find the migration rates, in monarchs per minute and monarchs per hour: Window #1: ____ monarchs/minute = ___ monarchs/hour   Window #2: ____ monarchs/minute = ___ monarchs/hour

Compare: Where was the migration strongest?

How would you report your findings on the migration rates in each window? Try writing scientific statements about the migration rates in this test using standard units of measurement: monarchs per minute and monarchs per hour. How did this activity help you prepare for observing monarchs and reporting your sightings to Journey North?