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This week gardens are emerging after last week's slowdown with cold temperatures hovering across much of the continent. What happens to plants when freezing temperatures hit? Try an experiment to find out. Watch for the first gardens to show red on the map. Keep your eyes open for earthworms and more. More clues provided for solving Mystery Garden #2 location.
Today's Report Includes:
- Maps: Gardens Emerging
- Journal Page: Exploring Freezing Temperatures and Tulips
- Explore: Spring Checklist
- Solve: Mystery Garden #2
- Report: Report Your Garden
- Getting Started: This Week's Tulip Garden Resources
This red sprout may seem small but its a big sign of
seasonal change.
After a week with no gardeners reporting in we've had a flurry of tulip gardens emerging this week. In a normal spring we would begin to see a wave of tulip gardens blooming soon. Will this year be normal? What do you think?
It is no wonder that tulips stayed underground in many parts of North America last week. Look at all the blue and purple on the map showing below average temperatures. How many tulips up have been nipped at the tip? |
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This Week's Map Questions (Handout) |
| What do you notice about this ice crystal? List 10 words that describe it. |
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| Did you know that most plants are more than 85% water? What happens to plants when freezing temperatures hit? Makes you wonder, doesn't it! Why not set up some cool experiments to explore this question? Here's
what you need: water, sugar, and a freezer. You could experiment
on real, live plant leaves, too!
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We can't track Spring without you! As you head out to the tulip garden listen for robins singing, watch for expanding buds on trees and shrubs, and keep all your senses on alert for change. Report what you notice in your journals. Use the Spring Checklist as a reminder of what you can report. Even if you don't track all the migrations, please send as many sightings as you can. We need help from everyone in order to gather enough data. |
# 2: Our global address is (44.45 N, -64.38 W). At our tulip garden we discovered bare, frozen ground with a temperature of minus 1 C. No signs of buds on our ash or maple trees but the lilics and alders are beginning to swell. The seed packets are appearing in the grocery stores!! We don't have much level ground and had to plant tulips on a slope.
Other facts about us:
- Our town is a UNESCO (World Heritage SiteUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) site.
- We always report the first robins, butterflies, ladybugs and hummingbirds, and listen for the spring peepers.
| Have you forgotten to report your garden as planted? There is still time to get your data into the experiment! Press the word "Sightings" on the navigation bar at the top of this page. | |
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- Explore: Wonderful Worm Facts
- Journal: Journey North Spring Checklist
- Experiment: How Freezing Affects Plants
- 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)
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