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Journey North News will be posted on Fridays: Feb 9, 16*, 23, Mar. 2*, 9, 16*, 23, 30*, Apr. 6, 13*, 20, 27*, May 4, 11*,18 (* Data Only) Spring surges across the continent. Background About This Study Challenge Questions Ask the Expert Related Resources and Activities Journey North News Tulip Garden Update: February 9, 2001 Gardens are popping up and eager young scientists want to plant themselves in the garden and watch them grow! How does this year's spring compare with the past two? Analyze and compare. What does "unseasonably warm" mean and where do you find such information? Graph the sun's power in your garden with a new experiment. And, some teacher tips for organizing your classroom Tulip Study. Tulip Garden Update: February 16, 2001 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates. Use today's data to make your own map, or print and analyze our map. How far north has spring traveled now? Tulip Garden Update: February 23, 2001 Did you know that 55 percent to 60 percent of the exposed land surface in the Northern Hemisphere freezes and thaws seasonally? Compare snow cover this year with an average year. Does spring travel from south to north? Follow the green wave of spring! Tulip Garden Update: March 9, 2001 It's time to celebrate! The first Journey North Garden bloomed February 22nd in South Carolina! Over 80 gardens have emerged and in the snowy parts of North America they wonder when the snow will melt and expose those little green shoots. Do you have a colder or snowier winter than last year? What is a normal snowfall for your hometown? Check out some wonderful maps and decide for yourself how this winter compares to other years. And those tulips are sure tasty to our wild friends, so what will we do? Tulip Garden Update: March 16, 2001 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates. Use today's data to make your own map, or print and analyze our map. How far north has spring traveled now? Tulip Garden Update: March 23, 2001 Equinox gardens emerging across the country, and with them comes lots of excitement for spring. Will recent snows damage tulips already up? More tulips springing from snowy gardens, how does that work? Microclimate Challenge report from Nebraska. And a project guaranteed to flip, not flop. Tulip Garden Update: March 30, 2001 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates. Use today's data to make your own map, or print and analyze our map. How far north has spring traveled now? Tulip Garden Update: April 6, 2001 Take a look at a cool map so you can prove your instincts right about this year's winter weather. Sharpen your pencils and challenge yourselves to some statistical analysis. When do YOU predict the Anchorage garden will emerge? Prove Georgia O'Keefe wrong when she said, "Nobody sees a flower, really--it is so small--we haven't time, and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time." And share some good news from our Texas gardeners. Tulip Garden Update: April 13, 2001 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates. Use today's data to make your own map, or print and analyze our map. How far north has spring traveled now? Tulip Garden Update: April 20, 2001 You will feel the sun's rays warming up the dark soil when you see this week's tulip map. Excitement spreads across the continent with spring's arrival. Tulips aren't yet up in Anchorage, but that doesn't mean they aren't feeling harbingers of spring in south central Alaska! Would you trade a tulip for four fat oxen? Learn about the history of tulips and how plants got their naming rules. Did you know Dutch farmers cut off all the tulip flowers before they open? Tulip Garden Update: May 4, 2001 A whopping fifty gardens report their tulips have bloomed since our last update! How does last year's map compare to 2001? A Massachusetts garden's progress is documented with a panorama of photos to share results of many experiments. Does spring ever come to 69.9 degrees North latitude? YES! Get out your spyglass to investigate one garden's mysterious rotted bulbs. And a report of displaced deer delighting on delicate tulips. Delicious and devastating! Tulip Garden Update: May 11, 2001 Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates. Use today's data to make your own map, or print and analyze our map. How far north has spring traveled now? FINAL Tulip Garden Update: May 18, 2001 Tulip gardens are still blooming and signaling spring. Look at snapshots of Spring 2001 as it flows across the land. Deer enjoy eating your tulips, but some gardeners enjoy the wildlife study. A close look at tulip leaf anatomy. Investigating factors that lead to rotted plants. And a big THANK YOU for all the dedicated contributors to this International Plant Study. Copyright 2001 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form