GLOBE Phenology at the Morton Arboretum

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GLOBE Phenology

Naperville Community Unit School District 203

On October 11, 2008, the students from Steeple Run started documenting the green down of 4 study trees at the Morton Arboretum. We have been monitoring the atmosphere, soil and hydrology data at the GLOBE Study site since 2004.

Students compare the color and report it to GLOBE.	The London Plane Tree is still green.
The White Oak is still Green.	It had some insect damage to our study leaves.
The Bur Oak had some leaves showing fall colors.	Last week they were all green.
The Bur Oak had a yellow leaf.	Our Rain gauge had 29.4 mm of rain in it since last week.
The students recorded the soil and air temperatures.	The Thermometer logs Min Max temperatures for 6 days.


The Gingko had no insect damage or color change.	It was a lighter shade than the Oaks.

The following pictures were taken on October 17, 2008

The London Plane Tree showed little color change. 10/17/08	The White Oak started to change. 10/17/08
The Bur Oak started to drop some leaves. 10/17/08	All of the Gingko leaves turned yellow. 10/25/08

The following pictures were taken on October 25, 2008

The London Plane Tree showed little color change. 10/25/08	The White Oak made a big change. 10/25/08
The Bur Oak dropped 3 of our 4 study leaves. 10/25/08	All of the Gingko leaves were still yellow. 10/25/08

Lake Marmo is putting on a colorful display, soon we will be monitoring the freeze up of the lake.

Lake Marmo on October 17, 2008. (Above)

Lake Marmo on December 8, 2007. (Below)

Lake Marmo on October 17, 2008. (Above)

Lake Marmo on April 28, 2006. (Below)

2 Highlands School Scarecrows were featured on the Arboretum Scarecrow Walk.

In September of 2003, the Naperville School District 203 formed a partnership with the GLOBE Program. We have performed Teacher workshops in the following places:

Steeple Run Hydrology in Naperville Fall 2008

Highlands School Phenology 2008

Spring Phenology at the Arboretum

Naperville IL September, 2003

Highland Park, Illinois July, 2005 Workshop

Park Ridge, Illinois September, 2005

GLOBE Stars

GLOBE Hydrology Study websites:

Steeple Run Spring 2005 Hydrology in Naperville

Steeple Run Fall 2005 Hydrology in Naperville

Steeple Run Spring 2006 Hydrology in Naperville

Steeple Run Fall 2006 Hydrology in Naperville

Steeple Run Spring 2007 Hydrology in Naperville