These are some of the things that you are purchasing when you register for a course on the Monarch NECTAR Hub. While you are learning to identify the instars of a monarch caterpillar, you are gaining confidence in your ability to participate in the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) or teach your students about these magnificent creatures. During a live course discussion about how you might change a lesson plan about making monarch gliders to fit your educational setting, you are creating connection to other educators that you might contact when you're struggling to integrate this new activity.

We are so excited that you are thinking about taking a course on the Hub.

Because when you log in, you are not just clicking through modules. You are stepping into a community of people who care deeply about monarchs, habitat, and education. You are learning from scientists, educators, and conservation professionals who are actively doing this work every day.

On the Monarch NECTAR Hub, knowledge is grounded in the latest monarch science. Our courses are built in collaboration with the team at Monarch Joint Venture and trusted partners across North America. That means the strategies you learn are accurate, current, and ready to use.

Connection happens in discussion boards, live sessions, and shared reflection. You’ll hear how a classroom teacher in Minnesota adapted a lesson for winter, how a nature center in Texas engages families in tagging season, or how a community group in Ontario supports habitat restoration. You are not doing this alone.

Confidence grows as you practice new skills—whether that’s identifying milkweed species, planning a pollinator garden, collecting meaningful data, or facilitating climate conversations with young learners. Each module builds your capacity step by step, so that what once felt intimidating becomes familiar.

And then comes action.

You plant habitat.
You revise your lesson plans.
You register your site for community science.
You empower your students to care.

Courses on the Hub are designed to move you from curiosity to capability. From interest to impact.

Whether you are a formal teacher, an informal educator, a conservation professional, or a passionate community member, there is a place for you here. There is a course that will meet you where you are and help you take your next step.

We can’t wait to learn with you.