3rd Grade’s Tulips in Bloom

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3rd Grade students planted tulip bulbs last fall. It is spring and now they are blooming! During this project students learned about living and nonliving things. They learned about life stages. Now the students are using the tulips to take and plot data on line plots to compare tulip growth. They are discovering how light and heat affect blooming times. Notice how some of the tulips are still green, some have buds that are turning from green to red, and some have already bloomed? Which tulips do you think are getting more light and warmth from the sun shining on the bricks of the school? Are they facing east or south? You are right! (The bricks facing south are absorbing the sun because it shines on them most of the day. The bricks on the east side of the school get less sun. This means we all get to see blossoms over a longer period of time.) 

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Laura Snelgrove