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Students study phenology, or the study of climate change. They research the Japanese springtime festival of Hanami and plot and interpret average cherry blossom bloom date data from the past 1100 years.

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chinese cherry blossoms, hanami, phenology, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 day
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Research

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