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Welcome to the Tulip Test Garden experiment! Somewhere across the vast continent tulips have emerged. Why are some tulips emerging while others are not? What does climate have to do with it? Start an investigation by looking at the factors related to climate and plant growth. Take a virtual garden tour this week and learn what others are doing in their gardens and classrooms.
Today's Report Includes:
- News: Tulips are Up!
- Maps: Seeing Some Green
- Explore: Why are YOUR Tulips Emerging but MINE Aren't?
- Spotlight: Garden Visits
- Report: Report Your Garden
- Getting Started: This Week's Tulip Garden Resources
Tulips are starting to emerge! Look for the green triangles on today's map. We have 19 gardens reported emerged! Keep your eye on the maps — they are changing daily as days get longer and the sun warms up the earth. Don't forget to stop at your garden for a quick look now and then. If you see tulips beginning to emerge in your garden, report to Journey North that your garden has EMERGED, and then be sure to note this event in your Tulip Garden Journal.
Do you notice a pattern of emerged gardens on the map? We will look at that more closely in this week's Map Handout. Compare this with how many had emerged on last year's map.
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This Week's Map Questions (Handout) |
Why are some plants emerging from the ground while others are covered with a foot of snow? Why are some places on Earth warm, while others are cold, or wet, or dry? Your gardens can help us learn about climate zones and provide data to help monitor the climate.
Try
This!
Select a Journey North garden from another climate zone to explore.
Find the latitude, longitude, temperature, daylength, and other factors
special to the place that might affect climate and plant growth there.
Gather information using these references or others available.
- Factors to Investigate: Chart and reference material links
- Printable Worksheet (.doc)
Take what
you’ve learned and make a prediction in your journal about your
garden.
Photo:
G McGehee
Is your garden
climate warm, or cold—wet or dry?
Charleston,
South Carolina, USA
Sixth grade classes at Andrew's School of Math and Science worked with
125 third graders and parent volunteers to prepare the garden soil and
plant bulbs.
Shaker
Heights, Ohio, USA
Onaway Elementary students report: "We teamed up with our reading
partners in second grade and we all went out to plant."
Darbyshire,
England
Every student and staff member at Long Eaton School made a pledge to help
the environment.
Camino,
California, USA
Camino
Union Elementary School
was the first garden to report emerging tulips
in the 2009-2010 garden year. They think their garden was "tricked"
into emerging this year.
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- Investigate: The Global Climate Challenge (slideshow)
- Mapping Spring Data: Lessons and Resources
- 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 11, 2010.
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