Donna Webb

Webb's "Migration Station" project focuses on the mysterious migration of the monarch butterfly and the role the Gulf Coast plays in its life cycle. In this hands-on interactive greenhouse project, students grow milkweed plants that teachers, students and community volunteers plant in selected areas. The monarch's breeding habitat along the Gulf Coast is being destroyed by urban development; by planting milkweed, students and community members replace the only food eaten by the monarch caterpillar - an essential step to ensuring the continuation of the monarch's lifecycle in the region. This project helps students prove that they can make a positive impact on their environment and allows students, teachers and parents to collaborate through an environmental improvement project.