Please
report:
1. Tulips PLANTED
2. Tulips EMERGED
3. Tulips BLOOMING
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this on any page.
Take
a look across the Atlantic Ocean, and you will find some green. The tulip
garden in Naples, Italy has emerged! This garden's global address is (40.83N,
14.23E).
Challenge: Find some gardens in North America located
near the same latitude (40.8N) as the Italian garden. What do you notice?
Have they emerged? Study the location of the Italian garden. What factors
might have caused these tulips to emerge?
This week we find 48 emerging gardens. Where will the next tulips emerge? Study the map and make your prediction.
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Gardeners comment on unusual events:
- "While outside exploring the role of the sun in providing heat and light, several students discovered that one of our tulip bulbs has emerged. We had a very warm week and predict that we will soon see several more tulips emerging." -Montclair, NJ 02/11/09
- "Two tulips have emerged. Approximately an inch of each of the tulips is exposed. The weather conditions are sunny, cool (in the 60s) and a light SW breeze." - Morehead City, NC 02/12/09
- "This is our school's third year planting bulbs, we've never had shoots appear so early in the year. We've just experienced one of the coldest Januarys in the area's history." - Alexandria, VA 02/11/09
Wow! Did anyone else feel some of that "spring-like" weather last week? Across the eastern half of the continent snow and ice melted, brought about by a mid-winter thaw. How were you affected? Were you one of 20 or more gardens who noticed their tulips emerge? Study the map carefully, and then describe it to one of your classmates. |
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The
first of 3 gardens near Los Angeles is emerged! Did you predict
San Bernardino would be first? Why would this garden emerge first? Gardeners in San Bernardino reported in 02/04/09, "Several of our tulips emerged, rather early this year, but we had a spell of quite warm weather." Next? Will it be Apple Valley, or Calabasas, CA? |
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- Explore: Observing Weather and Collecting Data >>
- Lesson (ongoing): Tulips and Temperatures: Is This a Normal Spring? >>
- Explore: Snow Blankets the Earth >>
- Resources: Find Out More About Snow >>
- Questioning: Making Sense of Journey North Maps >>
- Helpful Weather Links: Climate Weather and Seasons >>
- Tulip Garden Journals (click-and-print) >>
The
Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on February 26, 2009. © 1997 – 2019 Journey North. All rights reserved.
