Tulip Test Gardens
Final Update: May 6, 2010	Please report:
It's celebration time in Palmer, Alaska, where their tulips have survived the winter and are emerging. Explore what springtime in Saskatchewan means in the tulip garden. Will they bloom by the end of May? What did you learn this year? We have some neat assessment projects and tools to help you organize the year. Stay tuned for a brief update May 27, when we celebrate northern gardens' blooming tulips. Thanks for participating in the BIG experiment! Today's Report Includes: Maps, Questions, and Highlights Explore: What Did I learn? Year-end Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts	Image of the Week
	A Tulip's Point of View What If...
Maps, Questions, and Highlights
Highlights: Saskatchewan Springtime You probably notice the map shows a lot of green near and above the 50° N Latitude line. The gardeners here are still waiting for their tulips to bloom. They do think they will see some red before the end of May. Springtime includes snow in Saskatchewan. "We have snow on the ground again. The tulips probably will bloom before the end of May," wrote gardeners in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on May 5. Not all of the tulips were mushy at Sherrod Elementary in Palmer, Alaska! As their daytime temperatures soared up to the 60 F range some tulips made it to the surface. "TULIPS!!! We have emergence!! We found five sprouts in the tulip patch on May 4. We will continue to monitor for more emergers, and hope for a blossom before the end of the school year." Is there still hope for the students' garden in Regina, Saskatchewan? There were disappointed when their tulips didn't emerge, "None of our 27 tulips have emerged and when I dug down to check one out, the bulb was soft." After reading about the garden in Palmer, do you think there will be some survivors? At Trailside Elementary in Anchorage, Alaska, the outlook is good for blooming tulips. This week they sent a photo and this report, "It should be in the upper 50s / low 60s this week with lots of sun due to the lovely high pressure system hanging around. I suspect we might see some tulip blooms this week." We'll let you know! From mushy to meaty — this Palmer, Alaska garden did survive winter! Anchorage tulip garden: crocus bloom while they wait for their Red Emperor tulips! The map is almost completed for the spring of 2010. We are still waiting for a few gardens to emerge—so tune in May 20 for our final data Update!
map/sightings (North America) map/sightings (Eurasia) This Week's Map Questions (Handout)
Explore: What Did I Learn?
The tulip garden project wraps up by the end of May. Like actual scientists, you have made predictions, interpreted maps, read and discussed slideshows, responded to journal and map questions, asked your own questions, and dug into lessons and handouts. How can you show what you have learned? Try creating a portfolio, an advertisement, or a display. Students: Create a Portfolio! Teachers: More Assessment Tools	Create a Portfolio
Year-end Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts
Will you take a few minutes to complete our Year-end Evaluation? With your help, we can we document Journey North's reach, impact and value. We need comments like yours to keep the program going and growing. Year-end Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts
Related Journey North Lessons and Links
Assessment: Assessment Tools Watch it Move: Plants and Phototropism Watch it Move (animation): Plants and Phototropism Slideshow: Our Tulips Bloomed Today: A Phenology Study Study: Isotherms: Bands of Temperature Color Mapping Spring Data: Lessons and Resources Helpful Weather Links: Climate Weather and Seasons Tulip Garden Journals (click-and-print)
More Journey North Lessons and Teaching Ideas!
This is the Final Full Tulip Garden Update. Tune in May 27 for our Final Data Update! Thank you for Joining the Tulip Test Garden Project! Facebook Pinterest Twitter © 1997 – 2019 Journey North. All rights reserved.