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The incredible journey of the butterflies

Call Number

  • DVD 595.789 I379 (CEN)

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Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

Closed-captioned ; described video for the visually impaired.

Performers

Narrated by Stockard Channing.

Publication Information

[S.l.] : PBS Video, c2009.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Added Uniform Title

Nova (Television program)

Summary

Every year monarch butterflies migrate across North America to a remote area of Mexico. This presentation discusses how the butterflies navigate and endure the long journey and takes you to the locations they call home.

Notes

Originally broadcast as segments of the television program Nova on January 27, 2009.

Based on the book Four Wings and a Prayer by Sue Halpern.

Special features: printable materials for educators, access to the NOVA website, scene selection.

Contents

  • 1. Birth of a monarch
  • 2. Soaring over land and lakes
  • 3. Destination Mexico
  • 4. An endangered refuge
  • 5. Gathering flocks
  • 6. An awesome spectacle.

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