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In many parts of the Northern Hemisphere daylength and the right weather have brought tulip gardens to life. Since our last update there have been 35 more gardens reported emerged! Explore the map to discover more about geography and spring's arrival this week. Use the handy growth chart to measure and observe in the garden during these days that you can almost see the tulip plants grow. There's one more Mystery Garden to solve this week. Use the clues to help find it.
Today's Report Includes:
- Maps, Questions, and Highlights: Spring Has Sprung!
- Explore: Can You See Them Grow?
- Solve: Another Mystery Garden
- Getting Started: This Week's Tulip Garden Resources
Image of the Week
"We were surprised when we noticed something
in the tulip garden," many have written. What was surprising?
This photo holds the clues!
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Highlights:
Spring Has Sprung!
Since our last update there have been 35 gardens reported emerged. “Spring
has sprung!!” declared students from Brookline, New Hampshire discovered
that 3 out of 50 bulbs in their garden had sprouted. And conditions have
been right for blooming. Do you count 5 red dots on the map?
Photoperiod, or daylength is changing, too. Students in Oklahoma are noticing and measuring, "We are going to measure the amount of daylight our tulip garden is getting during the day. Photoperiod for Perry today is 11 hours and 42 min."
Did you know that photoperiod changes depending on where you live on the globe? What is your photoperiod today?
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This Week's Map Questions (Handout) |
There is an old saying in the Midwest where corn is a very big and popular crop to grow. In the summer when it’s really warm and the fields have ample moisture (perfect conditions) the farmers say, “Today I can see the corn grow!”
Like corn, tulip plants need certain conditions and factors to grow. Can you think of some of them? When all these are present the plant will grow the best. If all of them aren’t present what might happen to the plant?
This spring as you observe your tulips and keep a record of their growth make note of recent conditions. Record temperatures and rainfall in your Journal. As you measure your plants stay alert to conditions that could affect their growth.
- Use this Growth Chart to help chart your garden's growth.
Photo:
Gayle McGehee
Track temperature and plant growth this year with your tulip garden Growth Chart
Clues
for this week's Mystery Garden:
Our global address is (49.55 N, 7.78 E). Our garden emerged on
02/24/10. We had no snow on the ground March 1, but the winter has been
unusual because we have had lots of snow all winter. We got more
snow on March 8th!
These are some signs of spring we noticed last week:
- A spider in a warm corner!
- Buds are on the trees.
- The construction men can work faster now!!
- Ants are coming up!
- A bumble bee! He was huge!
- Earthworm castings!
- An acorn trying to grow. It has a root in the ground!
- Chickadees are calling!
- Pussy willows are out on branches up there!
- A ladybug on this leaf!
- Our tulips are beginning to sprout--they look like spears.
- Our class
can sit on the benches, close our eyes, and feel the warm sun!
- Explore: Growth Chart
- Explore: Plant Pigments
- Journal: Journey North Spring Checklist
- Study: Isotherms: Bands of Temperature Color
- 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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