IMAX® FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES

Flight of the Butterflies is an interconnected scientific adventure story that spans thousands of miles and generations. It’s about the remarkable monarch butterfly migration, the longest known insect migration on Earth, and the determined Canadian scientist who spent 40 years trying to discover exactly where the butterflies mysteriously disappeared when they flew south for winter.

Danaus plexippus or Dana for short, is the monarch the film follows on her perilous journey from Mexico to Canada, along with her daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter. The outstanding fourth, or “Super Generation” of butterflies travels more than 2,000 km south, all the way from the northern United States and southern Canada to Mexico, overwinters and makes one final short trip to the southern United States to lay eggs.

Flight of the Butterflies is an interconnected scientific adventure story that spans thousands of miles and generations. It’s about the remarkable monarch butterfly migration, the longest known insect migration on Earth, and the determined Canadian scientist who spent 40 years trying to discover exactly where the butterflies mysteriously disappeared when they flew south for winter.

Danaus plexippus or Dana for short, is the monarch the film follows on her perilous journey from Mexico to Canada, along with her daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter. The outstanding fourth, or “Super Generation” of butterflies travels more than 2,000 km south, all the way from the northern United States and southern Canada to Mexico, overwinters and makes one final short trip to the southern United States to lay eggs. Then, the cycle begins again. It is one incredible trip you won’t want to miss.

Available in English, French and Spanish.

Best Curriculum Fit

Kindergarten

• Earth Systems: Children examine and describe surrounding environments

Grade 1

• Living Systems: Students investigate and examine the needs of plants and animals

Grade 2

• Living Systems: Students investigate the growth and development of plants and animals and consider their relationship to humans

Grade 3

• Living Systems: Students analyze and describe how plants and animals interact with each other and within environments

Grade 4

• Living Systems: Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions

Grade 5

• Living Systems: Students investigate the internal systems of organisms and explain how they support vital biological processes

Grade 6

• Living Systems: Students investigate the characteristics and components of and interactions within ecosystems
• Scientific Method: Students investigate and describe the role of explanation in science

Grade 7

• Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems

Grade 8

• General Science

Grade 9

• General Science

Highschool

• General Science