Brrr...how do plants react to freezing temperatures? Learn how their cells contain plant anti-freeze. Put your labcoat on and explore. Discover more about weather maps.

Today's Report Includes:

• News: Highlights
  
• Explore: How Do Freezing Temps Affect Plants?
  
• The Maps: Weather and Tulips

February is a month of weather swings. One day it might be 70° and the next it could be snowing. What we know for sure is that emerging tulips can survive the swings.

Highlights this Week:

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Returning from Presidents' Day Weekend, our grade I class observed that two tulip plants have emerged. We hope they'll be okay, as we're still experiencing wintry weather. 02/19/13

Holliston, Massachusetts
Tulips emerged here on January 31. Why did they emerge so early? Was it because it is a courtyard garden? Two weeks later the garden was covered with snow.

Pickins, South Carolina
Even with our warmer than usual 70 degree days in January, the bulbs emerged very close to the dates in previous years. We are also comparing growth with another variety planted during Red Ribbon Week. 02/14/13

Huntington Park, California
Students planted four gardens; two in sun, two in shade. Will these conditions affect their emerging rate and growth? Students are monitoring and observing. 02/06/13

Average Temperatures

Photo: Kristin Foster
Courtyard Garden

Photo:Juliet Ethirveerasingam
Varying Conditions

Brrrr...how will our tulips bloom after months of snow and cold? How do plants react to freezing temperatures? Put your labcoat on and try conducting these two cool experiments.

• How Do Freezing Temps Affect Plants?
  

Freezing Temps

A weather map is like a treasure chest of information. Learn how to read symbols that show warm and cool winds, air pressure, and weather fronts. Use the tulip map to locate emerged gardens in the path of the snow storm.

Journal

The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on February 28, 2013.

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