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Support for the production of this website has come from the following organizations:

• The University of Minnesota Extension Center for Natural Resources and Environment. Environmental Science Education programs re-energize environmental sciences teachers by providing innovative classes throughout the state for nature center educators, teachers, and youth environmental educators.
• The Medtronic STAR Program (Science and Technology Are Rewarding: the Medtronic Foundation). This program aims to increase science learning by all students and to provide them with the opportunity to consider careers in science, health, engineering and technical fields.
• The National Science Foundation, Teacher Enhancement Program. Teacher Enhancement projects provide professional development opportunities to broaden and deepen the disciplinary and pedagogical knowledge of teachers, improving their ability to deliver rich and challenging science, math and technology education to all students.
• The Eisenhower Professional Development Program. This program provides financial assistance to states to support sustained and intensive high-quality professional development, so that teachers will provide challenging learning experiences in core academic subjects for their students.
• The Xerces Society, DeWind Award. The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to invertebrate and biosystem preservation. The Joan Mosenthal DeWind award funds research relating to Lepidopteran conservation.
• Monarchs in the Classroom, University of Minnesota. Monarchs in the Classroom uses monarch butterflies as a vehicle to promote inquiry-based science, conservation and research in K-12 classrooms.
• College of Biological Sciences Imaging Center, University of Minnesota. Imaging Center equipment and technical support have been integral to the development of this site.

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