Welcome to the Tulip Test Garden experiment! Somewhere across the vast continent tulips have emerged. Why are some tulips emerging while others are not? What does climate have to do with it? Pick a garden and gather questions. What special factors will help you predict when it will emerge and bloom? Lots of questions this week and a guide to help you find out more.
Today's Report Includes:
- Maps: Seeing Some Green
- Explore: Why are YOUR Tulips Emerging but MINE Aren't?
- Report: Report Your Garden
- Getting Started: Resources
We now have a total of 410 gardens reported as PLANTED! Keep your eye on the maps — they are changing daily as daylight lengthens and spring approaches. Just 6 gardens are reported as EMERGED. Look for the green triangles on today's maps. Can you find them all? (Hint: use the magnifier tool on the frame of the mapserver.)
The growth of little sprouts may have come to a halt this week. Temperatures in Humble and Dallas, Texas have turned cold with highs in the 30s and lows in the teens. What will happen to the little tulip sprouts?
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Why are some plants emerging from the ground while others are covered with a foot of snow? Why are some places on Earth warm, while others are cold, or wet, or dry? Your gardens can help us learn about climate zones and provide data to help monitor the climate.
One of these garden site photos was taken in Okinawa, Japan, the other was taken in New Brunswick, Canada. Can you tell which one is which?
Try
This!
Select a Journey North garden from another climate zone to explore.
Find the latitude, longitude, temperature, daylength, and other factors
special to the place that might affect climate and plant growth there.
Gather information using these references or others available.
Factors to Investigate:
How accurate will your predictions be?
Is your garden
climate warm, or cold—wet or dry?
| Have you forgotten to report your garden as planted? There is still time to get your data into the experiment! Press the word "Sightings" on the navigation bar at the top of this page. |  |
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- Investigate: The Global Climate Challenge (slideshow)
- Print Handout: Factors to Investigate
- Mapping Spring Data: Lessons and Resources
- Questioning: Making Sense of Journey North Maps
- Helpful Weather Links: Climate Weather and Seasons
- Tulip Garden Journals (click-and-print)
The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on February 10, 2011.
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