Tulip Garden Update: September 17, 1999 Today's Report Includes: Look Closely Before Planting Thanks to Our Official Gardeners! Challenge Question #1 Fall Tulip Lessons National Science Standards and Journey North Anatomy of a Bulb Look Closely Before Planting Your tulip bulbs have arrived and you're about to bury them underground. But before you take your last look, maybe there are some important things you should know about them: Are all the bulbs in the class alike? How might their differences affect their growth rates? What do bulbs look like inside? Where will next spring's leaves and flowers come from? Your bulbs are the tools you're trusting to gauge spring's arrival. So get to know them before planting. This lesson shows you how to weigh, measure & learn the anatomy of your bulb before planting: Link to Lesson: Tulips as Tools to Gauge Spring's Arrival (Dissection & Observations) Thanks to our Official Gardeners! Special thanks to our 13 "Official" Journey North Garden sites for volunteering to carry on the tradition for another year. Because data are collected at these same sites year after year, we can compare spring's pace from one year to the next. We thank these schools for making this possible: Official Site (Lat, Long) Gardeners Anchorage, Alaska (61.21 N, -149.86 W) Sand Lake Elementary Boston, Massachusetts (42.36 N, -71.05 W) Joyce Middle School Hood River, Oregon (45.57 N, -121.65 W) Westside Elementary Houston, Texas (29.75 N, -95.36 W) Kingwood Elementary Bad Kreuznach, Germany (49.40 N, 7.700 E) Bad Kreuznach Elementary Mississauga, Ontario (43.50 N, -79.59W) Marvin Heights Public Franklin, Tennessee (36.16 N, -86.77 W) Oak View Elementary Newport-on-Tay, Scotland (56.40 N, -3.00 W) Wormit Primary Palo Alto, California (37.44 N, -122.14 W) Barron Park Elementary Pequot Lakes, Minnesota (46.67 N, -94.24W) Pequot Lakes School Salt Lake City, Utah (40.77 N -111.92 W) Eastwood Elementary Utsjoki, Finland (69.90 N, 26.00 E) Utsjoen saamelaislukio Washington, D.C. (38.93 N, -77.05 W) Thoreau Middle School Challenge Question #1 "In what order do you think the 13 Official gardens will bloom next spring? List the 13 sites in order, from 1st to last." To respond to this question, please follow the instructions at the end of this report. Fall Tulip Lessons The following lessons are available for fall activities in your classroom: How Do You Define Spring? (Take-Home Survey) Tulips as Tools (Dissection & Observations) A Matter of Degrees (Understanding Microclimates) Deciding Where to Plant the Garden (Planting Rubric) Replicating the Experiment (Take-Home Tulip Garden) Predicting the Arrival of Spring (Global Challenge) Phenology Data Exchange (Find Your Partner Using Nature's Clues) National Science Standards and Journey North We've prepared a rubric to summarize how the International Tulip Study's 8 fall lessons support the standards (U.S.A. only) Link to Standards Rubric How to Respond to Today's Challenge Question: 1. Address an e-mail message to: jn-challenge-tulip@learner.org 2. In the Subject Line of your message write: Challenge Question # 1 3. In the body of the message, answer the Challenge Question. The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on October 16, 1999 Copyright 1999 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form