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Update: November
8,
2007 |
Today's
Report Includes:
- Maps
and Highlights: >>
- Try
This! Gardening Partners >>
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- Thinking
Like a Scientist: "What
if...?" >>
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- Explore:
The Microclimate Challenge >>
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- Links: This
Week's Tulip Garden Resources >>
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This student
is using a 4" coffee
stir stick to measure and make sure his bulb is properly spaced.
Photo:
Teri Bickmore
Please
Report >>
After you Plant
Your Garden |
Maps
and Highlights |
174
and Counting
Journey North gardeners have been busy digging and planting! This
could be an interesting year to plant and participate in the Tulip Garden
experiment. Climate scientists (climatologists) are forecasting a warmer
than normal winter. We have seen warmer than normal fall weather. Will the
trend continue? How might the trend affect your garden?
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Today's
Map:
Tulips Planted
(Map|List) |
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- Today's
Data >>
- Map
Questions (Handout) >>
- About
Tulip Maps >>
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Map Questions
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Try
This! Gardening Partners |
Journey North gardeners are scattered from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. What secrets lie in each location that will signal
the arrival of spring there? Learn more with a gardening partner!
After
you’ve planted your official garden, choose a "Partner
Garden" somewhere else in the northern hemisphere.
As the seasons
change, compare weather, climate, geography and other variables.
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These
tulip planters could be your Partner Gardeners!
Photo: Teri Bickmore
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Thinking
Like a Scientist: Explore
"What if...?"
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When
you plant tulips according to Journey North's rules, questions
are bound to arise:
- What
if we plant them upside down?
- What
if we planted them 4" deep?
10" deep?
- What
if we painted them blue? Would the flower be blue?
After you have planted your "Official" garden, choose
a "good" question and design an experiment to test
and explore your ideas.
- Use this worksheet (and lesson ideas) to define and organize
your experiment. >>
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- Watch
a video: Planting an Experimental Garden >>
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Explore:
The Microclimate Challenge |
Once you plant your "Official" Journey
North Garden in the place that BEST matches your general climate you
can try a new challenge! Here's the challenge:
Cause 2 tulip bulbs to bloom as many days apart as possible.
Here's how:
Explore your schoolyard to find microclimates: areas where it might be
colder, windier, warmer, or drier than your Official garden spot.
Plant a few tulips in each spot. Find out more!
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Read
All About It
The Microclimate Challenge: Exploring Garden Sites
Another downloadable booklet to print or view as a slideshow.
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Resources:
This Week's Tulip Garden Resources |
- Take-home
Tulip Garden: Repeating the Experiment >>
- Student
Portfolios as Visual Organizers for Journey North: Assessment
tool >>
- Tulip
Garden Journals (click-and-print) >>
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The
Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on December 13, 2007.
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