K12 Reader
Color the Nouns: Tulips
Colorful tulips fill a worksheet designed to reinforce parts of speech. Scholars identify and color shapes that contain nouns pink.
Curated OER
Journey North 1999
This is not a lesson plan, but an outstanding resource to provide material for your lessons on seasonal changes and animal migration. Links connect you to live web cams and up-to-date information on Monarch Butterflies, hummingbirds,...
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Journey North: Tulip Garden
First graders plant tulip gardens. They explore the nature of bulbs and plant growth. Students participate in a project that tracks the growth of tulips in various climatic areas of North America.
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Structure and Function of Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes
Middle schoolers explore the concept of philanthropy and why people give. They investigate the importance of the tulip to Holland and the tradition of giving flowers away. They begin to explore the life cycle of tulips and dissect a bulb...
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Tulip Maze
In this artistic learning exercise, students practice unique ways to find the most efficient way to get through a tulip maze. Students defend their choices to each other.
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Who Will Benefit if We Give Bulbs What They Need to Grow?
Students identify the elements needed for bulbs to grow. They raise tulips and give them to various members of the community. They identify local philanthropic communities and look for ways they can constructively donate time and give...
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Tulips Tracing the Opposites
In this tulips worksheet, learners see 4 flowers with adjectives that describe them. Students complete 4 sentences about the flowers, tracing the provided endings.
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Tulips: Predicting the Arrival of Spring
Learners use the blooming of tulips as a tool to measure spring's journey north. They predict when tulips bloom at 13 selected Journey North gardens in various geographic regions.
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Predicting the Greening of Spring With Red Emperor Tulips
Students examine seasonal changes by watching tulip plant growth across the continent utilizing the Journey North website. They develop hypotheses as to why the plants emerge and grow where they do.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Gardens
Track tulip growth as the season changes from winter to spring. See how temperature, rainfall, and sunshine affect growth and help scientists look for patterns of climate change.
Other
Backyard Nature: Flower Types Good to Know
Peruse this site of flowers galore! Read about bean flowers, buttercups, magnolias, grasses, pansies and more.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Iowa
This America's Story entry fro Iowa from the Library of Congress tells you facts and lore about the state suitable for a great paper and citable resource.