Each week I will be uploading new pictures of my Crocus plants - as they grow! Compare them with your own.
January 19th - Here's the first picture, the crocus shoots are just popping up above the soil. Have yours started growing yet?
January 15th - I could just see the tips of the shoots poking out from the soil today. Come back next week to look at the pictures!
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I am truly delighted with all the weather records that I have recieved so far.
Do you like my Christmas hat? I can't wait until the Christmas holidays! Not long now. I'm really looking forward to relaxing and spending time with my family and plant pals. I wonder if we will get a white Christmas this year?
I hope you have a really fantastic holiday and get everything you wish for!
Best wishes
3,743 pupils from 91 schools across Wales are taking part in this year's Spring Bulbs for Schools investigation. On Monday the 20th of October each pupil planted crocus and daffodil bulbs to kick-start this climate change investigation - which is in its forth year.
Over the next few months each of these school scientists will be 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.
Talk to Professor Plant:
Professor Plant would love to know how you got on with your planting. Let us know what you did in your school or send in some photographs.
To be web safe:
We will not publish any childrens names. When you leave a message, list the name of your school, then your comment will be posted as ' pupils from' and the 'name of your school'. Always ask your teacher for permission before posting a message or a photograph.
Humankind is the 'Earth's biggest threat'
The world’s top scientists are in no doubt that human activity is changing our climate. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the evidence is ‘unequivocal’ that increased warming since the industrial age is due to human activity.
What do you think we should be doing to tackle climate change?
What are your questions?
There are many ways you can make a difference. The first step is to understand climate change.
Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales and Science Shops Wales are touring an exhibition and talks to promote the understanding of climate change. If you would like to find out more e-mail scan@nmgw.ac.uk
Each week I will be uploading new pictures of my Daffodil plants - as they grow! Compare them with your own.
Don't forget to take part in the Crocus Drawing Competiton to win prizes!
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Today you can see that lots of my flowers have opened. They really brighten up this cloudy spring day in Cardiff.
My flower is now fully open. It is bright yellow and has six large petals. It is 37cms tall. If you look inside you can see the stigma and anthers.
If you look at the flower from the side you can see it is shaped a bit like a trumpet.
Finally my 1st Daffodil flower has opened! It will take a day or two to open fully. Before it opened, the head tilted downwards.
Here is a close-up of the bud. You can see it's still wrapped up in its casing and not yet open. It should tilt downwards just before it opens.
22nd Feb 2008. The leaves are 25cm tall. They have begun to open out - so they can catch more sunlight to start storing energy. The bud is slightly taller at 32cms.
8th Feb 2008. Leaves and bud are a 11cms tall.
31st Jan 2008. First Daffodil leaves and bud appear. 4cm tall.
Prof plant
Today you can see that lots of my flowers have opened. They really brighten up this cloudy spring day in Cardiff.
My flower is now fully open. It is bright yellow and has six large petals. It is 37cms tall. If you look inside you can see the stigma and anthers.
If you look at the flower from the side you can see it is shaped a bit like a trumpet.
Finally my 1st Daffodil flower has opened! It will take a day or two to open fully. Before it opened, the head tilted downwards.
Here is a close-up of the bud. You can see it's still wrapped up in its casing and not yet open. It should tilt downwards just before it opens.
22nd Feb 2008. The leaves are 25cm tall. They have begun to open out - so they can catch more sunlight to start storing energy. The bud is slightly taller at 32cms.
8th Feb 2008. Leaves and bud are a 11cms tall.
31st Jan 2008. First Daffodil leaves and bud appear. 4cm tall.
