Tulip
Garden Update: April 7, 2006
Today's "Data Only" Update Includes:
This Week's Map and Data
Tulip gardens are springing up all over North America.
This is an exciting time, especially when patterns emerge so clearly to
show the changing season. Out in the garden many questions arise and in
today’s short report we can’t help asking a couple. Come back
next week when we discuss all the latest Challenge Questions and your answers.
Use the
data to make your
own map or print ours.
I See Patterns,
Do You?
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Mimimum/Maximum
Temperatures 04/02/06 Courtesy NOAA |
The North American map of tulip gardens is revealing something interesting.
Do you still think that Spring moves from South to North? Look closely
at the map to see the pattern of blooming gardens (red dots). If you could
draw a continuous line around the perimeter of them all what shape would
it be? Describe what you see.
Challenge
Question #9:
“ Why are gardens along the oceans blooming further north now than gardens
in the middle of the continent? Explain your answer.”
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Hint: Study the temperature map for clues.
To respond to this question, please follow these instructions.
Vertically Challenged Tulips: Challenge Question #10
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How tall are your tulips?
Courtesy G. McGehee |
Students at Lafayette Elementary in Seattle, WA observed something different
about their tulips this year. Read what they had to say:
“ The tulips, while being just beautiful, seem stunted in height,
and we are curious as to why this might be. It is important to note that
the
same is true of MANY of the tulips in our larger neighborhood. Throughout
the Seattle area, tulips seem to be a bit vertically challenged this
year!”
Challenge Question #10:
“
Lafayette Elementary school’s tulips were stunted in height this
year. What factors might have caused their tulip plants and tulips
in the whole Seattle area to be shorter this spring? Can you think
of other
examples where plants grow shorter than normal?”
Spotlight on Tulip Gardeners
In case you
haven’t visited the garden comments of this week’s reports
come on over to the garden fence to share them. We’ve highlighted
a few for you.
Stay tuned
for a look at more gardens next week.
The
Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on April 14, 2006. Copyright
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