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- Tulip
Garden Update: February 7, 2003
Ground breaking reports are making their way to the Journey
North headquarters. 11 gardens showing signs of spring dot the latest
map. How cool has your weather been? Learn to predict using a NOAA temperature
map. Got a tree? Which leaves come first, the tree or your tulips? And
pick up some mapping tips from veteran teachers.
- Tulip
Garden Update: February 14, 2003
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data
for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other
week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates.
- Tulip
Garden Update: February 21, 2003
First bloom reported in Texas, but most of the action
has stalled out with this week's snowy weather. How quickly does spring
climb mountains? Use your head and tackle this localized study of spring.
And, learn about some very innovative tulip projects in Nova Scotia.
- Tulip
Garden Update: February 28, 2003
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data
for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other
week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates.
- Tulip
Garden Update: March 7, 2003
How much can maps tell us? We are looking for patterns
this week. The Altitude Test officially begins with South Park Elementary
reporting "tulips up" in Pueblo, CO. As days change, what
can you document? Watch for evidence of change in lots of places then
use your higher level thinking skills to analyze what you observed.
- Tulip
Garden Update: March 14, 2003
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data
for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other
week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates.
- Tulip
Garden Update: March 21, 2003
A surge of reports follows warmer weather. Review the
Scientific Method. Act now to gather GDD data. Solve the tulip emerging
puzzle with Holly Ceruello s class. And draw the wave of spring.
- Tulip
Garden Update: March 28, 2003
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data
for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other
week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates.
- Tulip
Garden Update: April 4, 2003
Patterns prevail when we compare temperature maps with
tulips. Why plant fresh each year? Mystery garden site - can you figure
out where it is? Experimenting with a box; are you interested? We like
flowers, but what does a bloom mean to the tulip? Damaged leaves lead
to your investigation. What did it?
- Tulip
Garden Update: April 11, 2003
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data
for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other
week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates. Since our April
4 Update, 9 gardeners reported that their tulips had Emerged and 9 gardeners
reported their tulips Blooming.
- Tulip
Garden Update: April 18, 2003
Hot, cold and every kind of weather in between reported
this week. Learn about allelopathy and how plants protect their own
space. Is spring ascending hillsides as Teale
predicted? Revisit 4 gardens in Colorado. Try a little poetry focusing
on your observations. And make a model tulip!
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Tulip
Garden Update: April 25, 2003
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data
for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other
week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates.
- Tulip
Garden Update: May 2, 2003
Across the continent spring is arriving. Take some time
now to reflect and brainstorm for next year. What new data should you
collect? Mark your tulips in a special way with a tip from Aspen. Try
a cool experiment. Watch closely as flowers open and close. Why does
this happen?
- Tulip
Garden Update: May 9, 2003
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data
for your map. Watch for these "data only" updates every other
week, between our regularly scheduled tulip updates.
- FINAL Tulip Garden Update: May
16, 2003
Take a look at this season's maps to watch spring 2003
sweep North America! Strange things are happening with mountain tulip
flowers. Try another experiment with open and closed flowers. Who says
plants can't move? Video clips prove they can! Put a chill in your leaves
and see what happens to plant cells. And thanks for helping us all see
spring come to YOUR spot on the map!
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