Tulip Test Gardens
Update: February 2, 2007

Today's Report Includes:


Please report:
1. Tulips PLANTED
2. Tulips EMERGED

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Maps/Highlights: Extra-Early Reports!
View to the East

This Week's Map >>
Data (for classroom mapping) >>

Handout: Making Sense of Tulip Garden Maps >>

 Watch Spring Unfold: Slideshow (Week-by-week animation) >>

Highlights:
We now have 417 gardens planted! And 25 gardens have already emerged! It is only Ground Hog's Day. Is this unusual? Can you find the emerged gardens on the map? (Hint: Look for green triangles.)
Surprising Reports: Winter Tulips Explore! Compare February Tulip Maps >>

What? Tulips emerging in January? Gardeners comment on unusual events:

  • "Students here have planted Journey North tulip gardens since 2004. Every other year, tulips have emerged in March! What's happening?"  - Midland, MI 01/01/07
  • "This should be a very interesting journey north this year seeing as we are still waiting for winters journey south. Winter honeysuckle is covered with blossoms, this usually happens in March."  - Wyckoff, NJ 01/09/07
  • "We have had a very unusually warm winter, with temperatures above freezing most days. Our tulips are emerging..."  - Kaiserslautern, Germany 01/10/07
Compare these February tulip maps. How are they the same, how are they different?
Journal Questions  

Departure from Normal Temp. Dec. 2006
Credit: Climate Prediction Center
  • What factors might have caused tulips to emerge earlier than usual?
  • What questions or concerns do you have about this?

Use your Journey North Garden Journal to write down your ideas.
Resources: This Week's Tulip Garden Resources
  • Lesson: Temperature Maps Tell Stories: Normal or Unusual Temperatures? >>
  • Lesson (ongoing): Tulips and Temperatures: Is This a Normal Spring? >>
  • Reading Booklet: Tulip Bulbs: A Survival Tale >>
  • Classroom Spotlight: Visit a Garden Project at Spring Woods Middle School >>
  • Questioning: Making Sense of Journey North Maps >>
  • Helpful Weather Links: Climate Weather and Seasons >>
  • Tulip Garden Journals (click-and-print) >>
More Journey North Lessons and Teaching Ideas!

The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on February 9, 2006.


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