Tulip Test Gardens
Update: March 9, 2007 

Today's Report Includes:

Please report:
1. Tulips PLANTED
2. Tulips EMERGED
3. Tulips Bloomed
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Data Only and a New Map

Highlights:
This week we had 27 MORE gardens reporting their tulips emerged and 4 more have bloomed! Take a close look at YOUR garden.

In Fort Wayne, IN, students came to school Monday and found their tulips had emerged, “We were a bit surprised because it is quite cold and there is still is snow on the ground in a lot of places!”
And excited first graders from Syracuse, UT, wrote, “Our tulip were still under the ground a week ago then all of a sudden we had a nice warm weekend and they popped up!”
  • This Week's Map >>
  • Data >>
  • Slideshow (Week-by-week animation) >>
Explore: Hello from Our Journey North Garden!
While we are waiting for spring to spread across the map we’ll focus on special gardens each week. This week we have 2 gardens for you to explore! See if you can guess where they are.
Garden #1 writes, “Hello! Our tulips have emerged on 26/02/07.” They’re located at the base of the mountains near the largest “lake” on earth. This is their second year planting tulips for the Journey North experiment. Here’s a clue: The picture shows us holding a flag that is special to where we live. Where is this garden? >>

Garden #1
Garden #2 is still waiting to see their tulips emerge. “We have lots of snow, and since Feb. 20th it's been -25C or lower (most of the time -33-37C . Today is a balmy -23C, but cloudy and slightly snowing!!
It has been as cold as -40's below, but I suspect under that snow at ground level it's probably only -10C.” They are almost the furthest north of all our Journey North gardens. They live next a big river that is frozen almost all winter. Where is this garden? >>

Garden #2
An Armadillo in the Garden
When tulips emerged in Rogers, AR, the report included, “We have an armadillo in our midst.” This is the first report ever that mentioned an armadillo in the garden. We wanted to know more. Would an armadillo harm the tulips? Are they mean?
Cornerstone Classical Christian home-schoolers were quick to share more about armadillos. (Did you know: When an armadillo gets scared or is frightened, he will jump straight up in the air? )

How many facts you can learn from their fantastic report? >>

Photo: Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.
Journal Question: What are Your Garden Clues?

Imagine you had to describe your garden site to someone else. What clues would give them? Make a list of things that describe where your garden is. Think big and small.

  • What hemisphere is my garden in?
  • What geographic feature is near my garden (mountains, bodies of water)?
  • What is the climate?
  • What industry is nearby?
  • What country, state and town is my garden in?
Write your clues in your Tulip Garden Journal >>
Resources: This Week's Tulip Garden Resources
  • Questioning: Making Sense of Unusual Findings >>
  • 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 March 16, 2006.


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