Tulip Test Gardens
Update: October 8, 2009   
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After You Plant Your Garden
Welcome to the 2009 Journey North Tulip Garden Study!
Let's Explore: The Tulip Bulb

Your tulips have arrived and you are about to start digging...but wait! What are these things called bulbs?

Science Begins with Observation
Look closely on the outside of the bulb. Is your bulb different from the others? What questions do you have? Is a bulb a seed? How is it different? Then cut the bulb open to reveal the mystery inside.

  • Print journal pages to help you look, draw, compare, and describe your tulip bulb

Journal Questions:

  1. Science begins with observation. Why do you think this is important?
  2. What can you learn from looking closely at a tulip bulb?
  3. How is a bulb like a seed?


Eighth grade students in Ismayilli


Kindergarteners from a Hepburn-Lycoming Elementary School
Photos: Ulviyye Tahirova and Lynn Shade

Bulbs: Hands-on Reading
Print and read our hands-on booklet and discover together more about the little bulb used to gauge spring's arrival in your schoolyard.


Slideshow/Booklet
Tulip Maps

Journey North gardens are beginning to dot the maps. So far this fall there are 21 new gardens planted from coast to coast and across the ocean. Spread the word — let's put gardens across the Northern Hemisphere! If you have suggestions for promoting gardens around the Northern Hemisphere, please contact us.

  • Polish up on your map reading skills. This week we will study our first weather maps. How does weather affect planting?
    This Week's Map Question Handout

map/sightings
(North America)
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(Eurasia)		 map/sightings
(Asia)
Experiment: What if...

Questions Lead to Experiments
Experimental garden plots can help students answer their own questions. They can vary the official planting protocol, design their own protocol, and see what happens.

 
Related Journey North Lessons and Links
  • Goals: Why Participate in the tulip garden study? Here's what you are saying
  • Experiment: Annual Microclimate Challenge: An experimental garden challenge
  • Take-home Tulip Garden: Repeating the Experiment
  • Maps: Using Journey North maps
  • Journal: Fall Journey North Tulip Garden Journal (Click and Print)

Photo: Carol Ann Margolis
More Journey North Lessons and Teaching Ideas!

The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on November 12, 2009.


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