Butterfly experiment going well at Kilpatrick

By: Marie Martin - Texarkana Gazette

Staff Photo by Marie Martin Kilpatrick Elementary students examine the growth of the monarch butterflies in their experiment, which has reached day 16 of an 18-day experiment that coincides with the monarch butterfly experiment NASA is doing aboard the international space station.

The 18-day monarch butterfly experiment Kilpatrick Elementary School students are conducting with NASA is progressing nicely, school officials said.

The students are on Day 16 of the research, which mimics scientists’ tests aboard the international space station.

The students ...

Published: 12/02/2009