Hands-on Science
Tracking Garden Progress with a Visual Punch!
How can you make a big visual impact of your tulip garden's progress through the season? Let's take a look at what teacher Mark Gullickson and his students have done at Seven Oak Middle School in Lebanon, OR, and Central Elementary School in Albany, OR.
| In the fall the students plant their bulbs according to a graphing system. Using mason's string they have created a large X,Y axis in their wood-framed garden plot. Students plot spring's progress using their own individual tulips on a large scale drawing of the garden. |  |
| The chart below represents a view of the garden from above. The lines represent the string used to divide the planting beds into sections. | |
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Gullickson's students use stickers to show the progress of their own bulbs. Like the symbols on the Journey North map, they add a square, triangle or circle sticker to show their bulbs as they move into the spring season. |
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| The chart is displayed outside of his Science classroom door so students can check the progress of each other's bulbs as they pass by. | |
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