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Explore and Wonder
Your tulip bulbs have arrived and you're ready to start digging...but wait! Use scientific skills to weigh, measure, and draw your tulip bulb and learn more about its structure. Turn your questions into experiments in the garden.
Today's Report Includes:
- News: Gardens Appearing
- Explore: The Tulip Bulb
- Experiment: Explore Variables
- Report: Report to the Map
Credit: Elena Grigorouk
A First in Russia
 Credit: Steve Paulson |
 Credit: Marta Knick |
 Credit: Alexandra Dekerf |
| Planting Early | Digging | Placing |
 Credit: Tessa Gilmer |
 Credit: Yvonne Martin |
 Credit: Colleen Hester |
| Measuring | Planting | Working Together |
Your tulip bulbs have arrived and you're going to bury them in the garden. Before you plant your bulbs, take time to explore!
Measure and draw your bulb. Record your observations, then find out how your bulb compares to others.
- Slideshow: Explore Tulip Bulbs: Inside and Out
Now get to know 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: Dissect and Discover
Inside and Out
Dissecting
Then ask questions. Explore how different variables might affect a tulip's growth by asking "What if..." then make time to plant an experimental garden.
Student Journal
After planting, report your garden "PLANTED" and you will see your garden on the map!
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Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on November 8, 2012. © 1997 – 2019 Journey North. All rights reserved.
