Spring Bulbs

Thirty eight schools across the UK are to be awarded Super Scientist Certificates on behalf of Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales in recognition for their contribution to the Spring Bulbs - Climate Change Investigation.

Congratulations to all 1,625 pupils who have keep records and made observations to study climate change - each will receive a certificate and other prizes to celebrate their outstanding efforts. Certificates and prizes will be sent to schools by the 14th of May 2012. Many thanks to the Edina Trust for funding this project.

Winners 2012: Each will receive a class trip of fun-packed nature activities!

• Westwood CP School in Wales
• Earlston Primary School in Scotland
• Fulwood and Cadley School in England

Runner's up: Each to receive vouchers to purchase gardening equipment, certificates & seedlings.

• Christchurch CP School
• Saint Roberts Roman Catholic Primary School
• Sherwood Primary School
• St. Joseph's R C Primary (Penarth)
• Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School
• Woodplumpton St Annes C of E Primary
• Ysgol Nant Y Coed

Highly commended schools: Each to receive certificates, sunflower seeds, salad seeds & flowers to attract butterflies.

• Channelkirk Primary
• Coleg Powys
• Ysgol Y Ffridd
• Ysgol Capelulo
• Lakeside Primary
• Maesglas Primary School
• Ysgol Clocaenog
• Ysgol Bro Ciwmeirch
• Ysgol Porth Y Felin
• Glyncollen Primary School
• Ysgol Pant Y Rhedyn
• Howell's School Llandaff
• Williamstown Primary school
• Ysgol Tal Y Bont
• Morfa Rhianedd
• Ysgol Deganwy

Schools with special recognition: Each to receive, certificates, flowers to attract butterflies and salad seeds.

• Gordon Primary School
• Laugharne VCP School
• Milford Haven Junior school
• Ysgol Iau Hen Golwyn
• Oakfield Primary school
• Windsor Clive Primary

Schools to be awarded certificates: Each to receive Super Scientist Certificates.

• Radnor Primary
• Brynhyfryd Junior School
• Bishop Childs CIW Primary School
• Eyton Church in Wales Primary School
• Ysgol Cynfran
• Ysgol Bodfari

Many thanks

Professor Plant

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What a crazy few weeks of weather we have had! In one week the weather reporters have featured record breaking temperatures, hosepipe bans and now snow in many places!

The high pressure gave us plenty of sunshine and record breaking temperatures but now temperatures have returned more to what we would normally expect for the time of year.

Meanwhile, the temperature of our planet is still rising. 2010 was the hottest year across the globe. For the UK this seems to mean that wierd weather is becoming more and more normal. We have certainly seen some strange weather since starting our investigation.

BBC Horizon broadcast a program called ‘Global Weirding’, it explored the science behind why the world’s weather seems to be getting more extreme.

It will be interesteing to see what our results show this year.

I've recieved all the data now so after Easter I will be looking at the trends and discussing them with schools.

Many thanks to all the bulb buddies that have worked so hard keeping records since last November.

Enjoy the Easter Break!

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Annwyl cyfeillion bylbiau

Ni allaf gredu ein bod yn ein hwythnos olaf o gofnodi!

Mae hyn yn y 20fed wythnos o gadw cofnodion - felly llongyfarchiadau i bob gwyddonydd ysgol sydd wedi bod allan yn y glaw, eira ac yn olaf y tywydd cynnes Mawrth anhygoel i gadw cofnodion.

Tymheredd uchaf a gofnodwyd yn yr ysgolion = 25C Dydd Gwener diwethaf yn Ysgol Gynradd Glyncollen, ger Abertawe.

Rwy'n gobeithio eich bod wedi mwynhau yr arbrawf a dysgu am gasdw blanhigion, tywydd lleol a newid yn yr hinsawdd. Diolch o galon am helpu fy gyda'r ymchwiliad pwysig hwn. Byddaf yn dyfarnu bawb sydd wedi cadw cofnodion gyda Tystysgrifau Gwyddonydd Gwych- a fydd yn cael ei anfon i'ch ysgol gan y 14 o Mai ynghyd â chrynodeb o ganlyniadau'r ymchwiliad.

Gwnewch yn si?r bod eich holl gofnodion yn cael eu hanfon mewn dydd Gwener hwn ynghyd ag unrhyw luniau am y gystadleuaeth darlunio sydd gennych. Gweler lluniau o ddisgyblion yn darlunio eu blodau.

Os nad yw eich blodau wedi blodeuo eto, ond mae ganddo flagur, fynd ag ef adref dros y Pasg ac ysgrifennu i lawr y dyddiad agor. Os yn anffodus, nid yw eich blodau wedi agor ac nid oes ganddo ffon yna anfonwch mewn cofnod dim blodau a byddwch wrth gwrs yn dal yma yn cael eich tystysgrif.

Tywydd twym!

Mae tymheredd o 22.8C (73F), yr uchaf yn y DU, Cofnodwyd yn Fyvie Castell yn Aberdeen, gan guro'r record Mawrth blaenorol o 22.2C yn 1965.

Porthmadog yng Ngwynedd oedd y lle cynhesaf yn y DU ar ddydd Sadwrn gyda thymheredd cynyddol i 22.2 Celsius, 72 Fahrenheit. Dyna tua 12 gradd yn uwch na'r cyfartaledd tymhorol ac yn gynhesach nag Malaga yn Sbaen!

Edrychaf ymlaen at anfon eich tystysgrifau ac egin blanhigion mas i chi ym mis Mai. Mwynhewch eich gwyliau Pasg, llawer, llawer o ddiolch. Athro'r Ardd.

P.s Byddaf yn blogio wythnos nesaf yn ar gyfer chi sydd dal yn ysgol - felly cofiwch anfon unrhyw sylwadau.

Eich Sylwadau:

Woodplumpton Primary: Two of our crocus bulbs did not open. Eleven of our daffodils have not opened yet. We are going to take them home today but will watch them and record the date and height if they do flower and send the results after Easter. Our mystery bulb opened! It's a yellow tulip! Ans: many thanks Woodplumpton!

Struan: Unfortunately someone snapped my flower. Ans: Very sorry to hear this Struan - and thanks for sending in your record.

Glyncollen Primary: We have had a lovely,mild week and today it is very warm. Our plants are growing well. We will be sorry to finish this investigation next week but we are going to tell Yr.3 all about it ready for next year. Thank you very much. Ans: Thank you Glyncollen I look forward to sending you your certificates and working with your school next year.

Really warming up know, and children upset to hear about the hosepipe ban, as we have little rain water in our water butts! Gardening Club, Stanford in the Vale Primary School. Ans: Yes we haven't had much rain this year. Hope you get some rain to fill up the water butts.

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Hwn yw'r swyddogol cyntaf y gwanwyn. Mae'n cael ei alw 'equinox', sy'n golygu bod y dydd a'r nos bron yr un hyd.

Ym Mhegwn y Gogledd, yr eirth gwyn yn dathlu ymddangosiad cyntaf yr haul mewn chwe mis, ond ym Mhegwn y De'r pengwiniaid yn cael eu paratoi ar gyfer chwe mis o dywyllwch. Dysgais hwn o blog 'Derek the Weatherman - diddorol iawn!

Yn y DU, mae gwyddonwyr ysgol yn mapio'r gwanwyn trwy bostio ganlyniadau i ddangos pan fo blodau gwanwyn ar agor - fel rhan o astudiaeth tymor hir mewn i newid yn yr hinsawdd. Er y dechrau cynnar i'r gwanwyn rwy'n credu y bydd ein canlyniadau yn dangos bod ein blodau wedi dod yn hwyr eleni, oherwydd y rhew hwyr. Mae'r canlyniadau yn hedfan i mewn wythnos yma - 203 hyd yn hyn! Mae llawer o ysgolion yn dal i aros am flodau - gobeithio y byddant yn dod cyn bo hir.

Edrychwch ar y lluniau hardd a anfonwyd i mewn gan Ysgol Fulwood a Cadley Ysgol a Iau Brynhyfryd.

Beth yw'r bwlb dirgel?

Ysgol Porth Y Felin: Ar ddydd Llun roedd yn glawog ac rydym yn credu bod y bwlb dirgelwch yn tiwlip. Ysgol Gynradd Glyncollen: Rydym wedi darganfod mai un o'n bylbiau dirgelwch yw tiwlip. Mae ein cennin Pedr a crocws edrych hyfryd yn yr heulwen y gwanwyn. Ans: Mae'r ddwy ysgol yn gywir - Da iawn chi!
 

Eich sylwadau:

Fulwod and Cadley reported: All our crocuses have flowered now but 15 of our daffodil plants have no buds at all. We think, that they are unlikely to produce any buds now, we would be grateful if you would let us know what you think?

Ans: I agree, if there are no buds by now, sadly it is unlikey that they will flower. This has happenend to a few of mine too. The reason this has happened is unclear. When a daffodil doesn't make a flower gardeners say that the plant has gone 'blind' - as it has no flower head. This normally happens if the bulb has been flowering for a few years or if there is too much nitrogen in the soil - but this doesn't normally happen with a new bulb. This seems to have happened to my bulbs that started to grow really early - end of Decemeber early Jan. They grew tall then we had the frost and they seemed to stop growing taller - until much later. The hours of sunshine is a big factor with dafs - so we will have to look at all the records to see if there are any trends before we can make any conclusions.

Channelkirk Primary School asked: We measured the height of our plants in cm, but the site has it as mm. Should we measure the flower only? Ans: No, please measure the height in mm if possible or simply convert to mm. Thanks Prof.P

Ysgol Bro Cinmeirch: Tyfodd ccenin pedr mae o yn 215mm a dyfodd y grocws 35mm. Tyfodd cenin pedr arall 85mm a tyfodd y crocws 120 mm. Ateb: Sylwadau gwych!

Ysgol Nant Y Coed: I think that it's great to learn about rainfall and how it works their magic with flowers It's fun experementing on this and it's a experience for children to learn to measure. Ans: Glad you enjoyed - thanks for helping me. Prof. P

Ysgol Nant Y Coed: It was a very good experiment! Ysgol Nant Y Coed. I like the experiment!!!!!!!!!!! Ans: Glad you enjoyed the experiment! Thanks so much for helping me with this. Prof. P

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Llongyfarchiadau i Ysgol Gynradd Gordon ar gyfer anfon y cofnod blodau 1af ar gyfer yr Alban! Er cael problemau gyda fandaliaeth yr wythnos hon maent wedi llwyddo i ail-poti flodau ac anfon eu cofnodion. Gwyddonwyr gwych iawn!

Drwy edrych ar y map a'r dyddiadau blodeuo mae'n ymddangos bod y blodeuo wedi symud yn araf ar draws y wlad yr o'r De Orllewin i'r Gogledd Ddwyrain. Ond bod llawer o'r ardaloedd sy'n bell o'r môr yn dal i aros ar gyfer blodau?

Cwestiwn yr wythnos: Pam mae blodau'r gwanwyn ger yr arfordir yn agor yn gynharach na'r rhai mewndirol? Byddaf yn datgelu'r ateb yr wythnos nesaf.

Fy holl flodau wedi agor ac ar y penwythnos roedd yn wir yn teimlo fel y gwanwyn. Roedd yr haul yn tywynnu a fy nghennin Pedr yn blodeuo. Roeddwn yn falch i feddwl bod y rhan fwyaf o'r gaeaf yn  tu ôl i ni a gallwn edrych ymlaen at yr haf!Mae'r blodau hefyd wedi agor yn Ysgol Eyton - diolch am y llun.

Ymosodiad wlithod! Mae rhai o fy gennin Pedr wedi cael ei fwyta gan wlithod. Cymerais y gwlithod i lawr i waelod y ardd - bell oddi wrth fy cennin Pedr. Croesi bysedd byddant yn cadw i ffwrdd.

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