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Some animals go on a long journey every year, and later they come back. This is called migration.

Many birds fly north in spring. There they find lots of insects to eat, lots of room for nests and long days to feed their chicks.

Swallows and swifts spend the winter in Africa. In spring they fly back to Britain to have their babies.

Monarch butterflies cannot survive a cold winter. In autumn they fly south to warm forests in the mountains of Mexico.

Experiment: The shadow stick

1. In the morning, put the paper on the ground or a sunny windowsill and stand the stick in the middle.
2. Draw along the shadow of the stick with the crayon. Write the time next to it.
3. Do it again at lunchtime, without moving the paper.
4. Do it once more in the afternoon.
5. Look: did the shadow stay in the same place? Which way did it move?

Time	Where does the shadow point?
Morning	Will the shadow move?
Lunchtime	Will the shadow move?
Afternoon	Will the shadow move?

Questions

1. Draw an animal that migrates. Draw where it goes in winter.

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2. Do swallows spend the winter in Africa?

   yes / no

3. Name one thing a bird can use to find its way.

Sources for every fact on this sheet: echoesof.science/school/migration/sources/

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