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🦌 Animal Migration

Follow animals on epic journeys across oceans, skies, and grasslands.

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

Explain why animals migrate and give famous examples.Migration is a regular back-and-forth journey animals make to find food, weather, and breeding spots. The Arctic tern travels the farthest, monarch butterflies migrate across generations, and 1.7 million wildebeest cross the Serengeti each year.
Describe how animals navigate and the challenges they face.Animals navigate using the sun, stars, and Earth's magnetic field. Whales and salmon migrate through water, and timing is guided by natural signals. Human activity threatens routes, but protecting habitats and tracking migrations helps.

Questions this course answers

Why do animals migrate?

Animals migrate to survive, seeking food, better weather, and safe places to raise their young.

Which animal has the longest migration on Earth?

The Arctic tern flies from pole to pole and back, the longest migration of any animal.

What is special about the monarch butterfly's migration?

No single monarch finishes the trip; their children and grandchildren carry it on.

How do many migrating animals find their way?

Many animals navigate using the sun, stars, and the Earth's magnetic field.

Which sea animal swims back to the river where it was born to lay eggs?

Salmon migrate from the ocean back up the rivers where they were born to spawn.

How can people help migrating animals?

Protecting habitats and creating wildlife corridors keeps migration routes safe for animals.

Grounded in trusted sources

National Geographic Education, 'Nature's Most Impressive Animal Migrations' (education.nationalgeographic.org)
National Geographic Society, 'Why Animals Migrate' (nationalgeographic.org/activity/why-animals-migrate/)
National Geographic Society, 'Wildebeest Migration' (nationalgeographic.org/media/wildebeest-migration/)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Kids, 'Animal migration' (kids.britannica.com)

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