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Your bulbs have arrived and you are about to start digging...but wait! Use scientific skills to weigh, measure, and draw your tulip bulb. Then explore and learn more about this unique plant structure. Planting your Test Garden can spur questions that lead to experiments this fall. Design and set up an experimental "what if...?" garden.
Today's Report Includes:
- Explore: The Tulip Bulb
- Bulbs: The Inside Story
- Experiment: What If...the Experimental Garden
- Maps: The Test Garden Map
Photo: Davis Thayer Elem.
Look Closely
What do you notice about this planting picture?
(Click on image)
Your tulip bulbs have arrived and you're going to bury them in the garden. Before you plant them, take time to explore the bulbs.
- Slideshow:
Explore Tulip Bulbs: Inside and Out
Includes text and photo gallery.
Measure and draw your bulb. Record your observations, then find out how your bulb compares to others.
You have already examined your tulip bulb; weighed, measured, and cut it open. Now learn more about each part of the bulb. Use this step by step slideshow to learn how each part has a unique function for this amazing plant storage structure.
- Slideshow:
Tulip Bulbs: The Inside Story
Includes text and photo gallery.
Questions
Lead to Experiments
What variables might affect a tulip's growth? As you are planting your bulbs pointy end up, questions may arise. "What if we broke the rules and planted our bulbs upside down?"
Take time to "grow" your questions into testable experiments. Use this student journal page for your thoughts and ideas.
Inquiry Ideas for Teachers
Set the stage for questions that lead to "What if...?" experiments.
- Watch a "How-to" Video
Student Journal
Journey North gardens are beginning to dot the maps. Spread the word — let's put gardens across the Northern Hemisphere!
Polish up on your map reading skills. This week we will study our first weather maps. How much information can you find on a map? How can weather maps help you predict spring's arrival?
- This Week's Map Question Handout
Map Questions Handout
(North America)
The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on November 10, 2011.
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