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Journey North News will be posted on Fridays: Feb 8, 15*, 22, Mar. 1*, 8, 15*, 22, 29*, Apr. 5, 12*, 19, 26*, May 3, 10*,17 (* Data Only) Journey North News Tulip Garden Update: February 8, 2002 It is a great time of year to watch classrooms from all over the continent excitedly report in about their tulip gardens! The tulips are responding to warmer temperatures and we are ready to measure and record their data. How do the gardens on February 8, this year compare to Februarys the past two years? Study and compare them. Use Journey North charts and directions to find how many growing degree days (GDD) your tulips will need to bloom. And share some great tips from veteran Journey North teachers. Tulip Garden Update: February 15, 2002 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 22, 2002 BINGO! South Carolina garden first to bloom in 2002. In depth looks at data on the map help us make detailed comparisons. Tips for collecting your own garden data over time, taking accurate counts in the garden and creating your own schoolyard weather station. Tulip Garden Update: March 1, 2002 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 8, 2002 Cold temperatures slow down emerging tulips. Learn about Cryology and try a COOL experiment to understand freezing effects on plant cells. Try an art lesson that takes you away for a moment to focus on the beauty of springtime in the natural world. And give us some suggestions for keeping tulip-eating critters away. Tulip Garden Update: March 15, 2002 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 22, 2002 Spring gardens march across the continent. Put on your thinking caps and figure out why the garden at 51.2N is blooming. What is a geophyte? Get out your journals and dissecting tools to learn about all kinds of bulbs, then take a quiz. Have you eaten the stored energy a plant was saving for next year's growth? Don't worry. Many geophytes were grown just for you! Tulip Garden Update March 29, 2002 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 5, 2002 Spring is unstoppable even if March 2002 has been cool. Our map shows many more bright red dots. Pull out your journal observations and turn them into poetry. Read about gardeners who don't say "Uncle." Share springtime in Finland with students writing about their home in the northern most JN garden. And explain the mystery behind leaning seedlings. Tulip Garden Update April 12, 2002 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 19, 2002 We've moved straight from winter to summer in large areas of North America. Reports are pouring in of spring's exciting changes. Take a walk on the wild side to learn about your native wildflowers and think about how they got their names. Read some wonderful poetry. Learn how to use the word, "fell." And find out how snaky plants and auxins go together. Tulip Garden Update April 26, 2002 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: May 3, 2002 Warmer springtime temperatures and longer daylength makes their impact on plants this week. What are the effects of 6 inches of snow on blooming tulips? A meter of snow melts in Finland to reveal emerging tulips in the tundra. Do your tulip flowers open and close? What time do these phenomena occur? Dog Tooth Violets and ephemeral plants thrive in a short 'window' of time between winter and summer. And learn from Linnaeus how you can make your garden into a clock! Tulip Garden Update May 10, 2002 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 17, 2002 The final tulip map shows it all. Bid farewell to spring while you take a visual tour of the maps we have published this year. Explore the secrets of the opening and closing of your flowers. Learn about old theories of spontaneous generation and try some experiments yourself. And, thank you for participating in this year's International Tulip Study! Flowers Closed Flowers Open Copyright 2002 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form