Maple Making

Service Description

Visiting the tapped maple trees to check for sap running and learn more about sap collection, the life cycle and anatomy of a maple tree, and the seasonality of maple production Try brace and bit drills and carrying sap with a yoke and pails, Early Settler tools involved in maple making Gather around the Evaporation Station to celebrate maple making, discuss states of matter, and to learn about the traditions and celebrations around processing sap into syrup Gather in the house kitchen to discover the "finishing stages" of maple making, Celebrate Maple Season with traditional wooden toys, and the Maple Song and Maple Season Story for K-2 students Make connections between maple making and our Canadian cultural identity Indigenous Innovation in maple making and Francophone cultural elements can be emphasized. Students and chaperones will each get to enjoy a piece of pure maple sugar (a sweet, all-natural treat) as part of the experience. Target Student Groups: Early Years – Seasons, Numeracy, Literacy (Maple Vocabulary) Grade 1 – Roles and Responsibilities, The Local Community, Daily and Seasonal Changes, Energy in Our Lives Grade 2 - Changing Family and Community Traditions, Properties of Liquids and Solids Grade 3 – Communities in Canada 1780-1850, Land Use and the Environment, Growth and Changes in Plants Grade 4 – Early Societies (Technology), Political and Physical Regions of Canada Grade 5 – Properties of and Changes in Matter Grade 6 – Communities in Canada, Past and Present Grade 7 – New France and British North America, 1713-1800 1800-1850: Conflict and Challenges Natural Resources Around the World: Use and Sustainability , Interactions in the Environment, Heat in the Environment Grade 8 – Creating Canada 1850-1890 Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability, Fluids, Cells