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Spring Bulb for Schools: Results 2005-2012

Danielle Cowell, 16 May 2012

The ‘Spring Bulbs for Schools’ project allows 1000s of schools scientists to work with Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales to investigate and understand climate change.

Since October 2005, school scientists have been keeping weather records and noting when their flowers open, as part of a long-term study looking at the effects of temperature on spring bulbs.

Certificates have now been sent out to all the 2,933 pupils that completed the project this year.

See Professor Plant's reports or download the spreadsheet to study the trends for yourself!

  • Make graphs & frequency charts or calculate the mean.
  • See if the flowers opened late in schools that recorded cold weather.
  • See how temperature, sunshine and rainfall affect the average flowering dates.
  • Look for trends between different locations.
     
Daffodil Drawing Competition 2012.
 
Congratulations to the following pupils who produced some excellent botanical drawings!

1st: Sana Patel - Fulwood & Cadley Primary

2nd: Markus - Stanford Primary - Age 9

3rd: Emilia Porter - Fulwood & Cadley Primary

Runner's up:

  • Marielle Matter - Westwood Primary - Age 9
  • Emlyn Piette - Westwood Primary - Age 10
  • Aleena Raza - Fulwood & Cadley Primary
  • Lucy Turner - Fulwood & Cadley Primary
  • Davina Vadhere - Fulwood & Cadley Primary
  • Bradley Cox - Stanford in the Vale Primary - Age 9
  • Abigail Boswell - Fulwood & Cadley Primary
  • Hasan Patel - Fulwood & Cadley Primary
  • Tom Betheridge - Fulwood & Cadley Primary
  • Mairelle Mattar - Westwood Primary - Age 9
  • Hasan Ali - Sherwood Primary
  • Charlie Smith - Ysgol Nant Y coed - Oed 9

Many Thanks

Professor Plant

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Danielle Cowell

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Comments (2)

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Rose Blake, Edina Trust
21 May 2012, 10:49
Hi Stanford in the Vale Gardening Club. Congratulations on being runners up and to Markus and Bradley for their beautiful drawings!
You have already sent in an application form to the Edina Trust for next year and we will pass this on to the Spring Bulbs for Schools project when needed, so there's no need for you to apply again.
Kind regards,
Rose
Stanford in the Vale Primary School- Gardening Club
16 May 2012, 17:20
Thank you for the great investigation project, we really enjoyed taking part, especially becoming runners up! Markus and Bradley were thrilled to hear their observation drawing had won them prizes... We lookforward to working with you again next year, where do we apply for this ?
Kind Regards
Gardening Club