The Bulb Project

Featured Activity

Create a digital photo 'collage'
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Capture digital images of bulbs and other flowers using an ordinary scanner and personal computer. Use imaging programs to turn scans into art for webpages, cards, calendars, posters and fund-raising activities.

Bulb Picture

Bill Miller and class after digging labyrinth

Cornell students plant a bulb labyrinth. Read More

Bulb Quote

I grow daffodils, and they're beautiful!
-- Captain Hook in the climactic scene of Shrek the Third
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Welcome to the Bulb Project

Activities: Creative plans for educators.

Growing Bulbs: How-to information.

Resources: Additional information to help you plan and execute your bulb activities.

Retail partners: Information for bulb project collaborators.

Share ideas: Read how others have used these activities, and contribute your own ideas.

This site features creative projects to help educators share the joys of growing flower bulbs with children and youth, and use bulbs to help teach science, art, history and other subjects.

The activities can be used in many settings, including the classroom, after-school programs, home schooling, 4-H, community projects and other formal in informal educational settings.

We also include resources to help you forge partnerships with local retailers and garden centers who can share their expertise and serve as a source of flower bulbs for you project. (There are also resources to help retail partners publicize their collaborations.)

We also invite you to share your experiences with these activities and contribute new ideas for how to use bulbs in various educational settings through the site's blog, and read how others have used the activities. Click on the Interact link for each activity and resource to read more.

Tuber Talk

Want more gardeners? Encourage decision-making.
03/14/2008
If one of your goals with engaging children and youth in flower bulbs activities is to excite an ...
NSTA web seminar available online
02/24/2008
Our Feb. 7 web seminar for NSDL/NSTA is now available online: Flower Bulb Science: Activities for ...
Web sem-musings
02/09/2008
After the great seminar experience with Craig, Marcia, and Elly, I just wanted to point out some ...
NSTA web seminar
02/03/2008
Find the links from our web seminar Feb. 7. But more importantly, we want to hear your comments ...