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Migration Rate Math
Who Saw the Strongest Migration?
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Sample Answers

Observer
Comments from the Observer

Monarchs
per
Hour

Monarchs per
Minute

Order
(1st, 2nd, 3rd..)
1 "I saw 15 Monarchs at a softball game. I was counting and watching for 30 minutes." 30 .5   3rd
2 "I saw 3 Monarchs during a ten minute drive during my lunch hour."  18  .3  5th
3 "I saw 10 Monarchs in 15 minutes. It was not windy."  40 .66  2nd
4 "I noticed five Monarchs between 11:00 am and 12:15 pm."  4  .07  7th
5 "From 8:00 a.m. to 5 pm we saw 132 monarchs migrating south or southwest."  14.7  .24  6th
6 "On an hourly drive over the same 60 miles of road I now see about 20 monarch, twice the number of monarch's that I saw the previous week."  20  .33  4th
7 "I counted an average of 25 monarchs in 5 minutes." 300   1st

 

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