Introduction
How can you help students collect and reflect on their experiences
with the tulip garden project? Invite them to create personal
journals. Build understanding and skills one page at a time. Journey
North journal pages (see teacher support links, above) provide
a workplace where students put wondrous questions, document discoveries,
explore ever-changing events, and chronicle each step of their
scientific journey.
Teaching
Suggestions
Use these journal pages the way we designed them, or customize
to meet the needs of your students. Just click to download, open
through your Word application, and print! Or edit to enter your
own questions, categories, or layout.
Print
a cover for each student and a stack of journal
pages. Journals can be stapled, bound, or kept in each
students' pocket folder to pull out on "Journey North days."
When
you first plant your garden in the fall, have each student
complete an "Observing Seasons" page. In late winter
or spring, as they look for changes in their garden, they should
complete a new page every week or two. As they do, help them use
their observations (evidence) to refine their predictions.