Classroom Curriculum & Field Trips
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Our thanks go to Melissa Abner for compiling the information for these lessons and activities.
Students will practice using figurative words by creating
acrostic poems
The First Steps in Making Maple Syrup
Students will read the information, then answer questions that follow.
Students will search for words related Sugaring Time.
Students will search for words related to maple syrup.
Students can use these to remember facts about sap and maple syrup.
Students will match words and definitions related to maple syrup.
Diagram of Sap Flow in an Evaporator
Diagram of a Syrup Filtering Tank
Diagram of a Hydrometer and Cup
Diagram of a typical Maple Sugarhouse
Drawings of Maple leaves, fruits and flowers
Drawing of a Maple sugarmaker grading syrup
Drawing of Maple trees tapped with plastic tubing
Hunt for the hidden objects game
