In Rockford, IL, at the Spectrum school, students worked together to organize their tulip test garden this fall.

"The students enjoyed filling our NEW 4 x 8 raised bed garden with soil, figuring out the spacing for our grid, screwing in the eye screws and weaving the colorful string so we can keep track of each individual bulb. Our grid is reproduced in the classroom with each student's name along with the weight and circumference of his/her bulb. When spring arrives we will mark the date each bulb emerges and blooms on our grid. There are also several "experimental" squares."

View the classroom grid where data will be added when the tulips emerge and bloom.

Planning and Planting the Garden