Maybeury Elementary Tulip Garden 2007-2008
Joe Koontz, Science Specialist, 4th Grade. Richmond, VA

"In Virginia, the fourth grade curriculum studies plants in the fall and weather in the spring. What better way to show a real life example of plants and weather/seasons than to plant a garden." -Joe Koontz
Fall 2007
Spring 2008
We study plants in the fall and then as a review in the spring, we dissected a tulip. Great review of the parts of a flower! We have watched spring move up from the equator for weeks now by tracing the tulips on the map. We have been in touch with all the other gardens in our area and traded letters with some.
We have a campus style school, so there are no interior hallways. The kids get to see the growth right out the window every day!
		These were our first tulips that bloomed and it seemed like they were the first ones here in VA to bloom. About March 3rd.