… and current changes in temperature. They then expand the climate model beyond temperature to look at changes in precipitation and cloud cover in the United States. The unit continues by … pose the question: how much data and what data do we need to determine whether the climate is changing? Activity 2.2: Historical Climate Cycles Visualizing Historical Climate Cycles : This … create changes in regional precipitation and cloud cover. Students then use the MY NASA DATA website to determine whether global patterns of climate change are directly reflected in their …
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… Native to northeastern Greece, northern and northeastern Turkey, and Georgia, Lenten rose ( Helleborus orientalis ) is quite at home in Chicago's chilly spring. It blooms for six to eight weeks, beginning in mid-February when snow is often still on the ground. Lenten roses …
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… It’s official, sunshine lovers! While October in the Chicago area is usually one of the most pleasant seasons of the year, in recent years, bright sunshiny days, … forms of kale, ‘Redbor’ grows upright on strong stems. The seed packet may say the plant grows to two feet, but the plants in the Garden’s Crescent towered considerably higher—four feet is not … allowing for the full-body structure they are going to assume. An alternative would be to buy transplants and pop them in wherever you want them. Leaves from transplants can be harvested …
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… Enhance Your Visit with the GardenGuide App 2.0 Technology can enhance your next visit to the Garden! The GardenGuide app features an interactive map, tour guide, event calendar, … the app map showing a specific type of walk. One walk highlights aquatic plants, and another is a photo walk showing especially good places to take pictures. A path on the map indicates … where you should walk, with key information pins that can be touched for more information. Best of all there are audio narratives by Kris Jarantoski, former executive vice president and …
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… My 2-year-old son is a little too young to carve or paint his own pumpkin this year, so creating a “pump-cano” was … for him. This is an entertaining and simple activity for children of all ages and a great way to extend Halloween celebrations during the first week of November with leftover …
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… books,” explained Leora Siegel, library director. “If visitors or members would like to pay tribute to someone special or mark a special occasion, they can dedicate a book in the library in the … then fill out a book dedication form, including copy for the bookplate. After the bookplate is printed and mounted, you’ll be notified that it has taken its place on the library shelves. …
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… enthusiasts, we often focus on how plants are affected by their environments. Their growth is affected by weather, water, nutrients, etc. But the plant-environment relationship is a … their environments, changing the very ground beneath them in ways that are beneficial to other plants, to animals, and to ecosystem functioning. Unfortunately, we can also experience negative …
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… Why not try growing some plants indoors? Better still, why not experiment with your plants to understand them better? In this activity, you will confuse a bean sprout and train it to grow in any direction you want. Sound like fun? You will need: a gallon-size zip-top bag paper … trap the seed and ruin the activity.) As soon as your plant has grown a root and a stem that is 1-2 inches long, turn the bag one quarter turn and put it back. You may have to wait a week – …
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… and poet Beth Feldman Brandt, who collaborated on the boxes, are traveling from Philadelphia to give a free talk October 6 at the Chicago Botanic Garden. An exhibition featuring the boxes and other material related to Bartram runs through January 12, 2020, at the Lenhardt Library. Bartram’s Garden, once visited by notables such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, is now a 45-acre National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia. “It’s an amazing place,” said Owen. …
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… Just below the summit, we scrambled past enormous boulders to an unhappy sight—a small group of beautiful aspens in big trouble. As curator of woody plants at the Chicago Botanic Garden, I'm interested in what's happening to quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides ) because the trees have become increasingly threatened by geologic disturbance and climate change. The Garden is part of a research group that's working to collect root pieces and other genetic material from …
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