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Maple Syrup
Students explore maple syrup. In this natural resources lesson plan, students identify a maple tree in their neighborhood and observe the sap. Students sample maple products and create a graph of the taste-testing results.
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Where Does Maple Syrup Come From?
For this maple syrup worksheet, students read an informational article about the discovery of maple syrup, how we get maple syrup today, the "sugar house", how to grade it, and a recipe for a snow cone. Students answer nine true and...
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The History of Maple Syrup
Students explore the process of harvesting maple syrup. In this science and history lesson, students make their own maple syrup and create a picture book that shows the Native American and American pioneer methods of making the syrup.
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Wahta (Maple) Project
Learners increase their knowledge base of the maple syrup process and increase their skills of organization, technology, research, teamwork-cooperation, and oral presentation. Students use a team approach to choose a topic pertaining to...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Maple Syrup: For Pancakes, Waffles, and Crystal Candy?
Maple syrup is deliciously gooey and great on breakfast foods like pancakes and waffles. But it has another amazing property. It can form crystals under the right circumstances, and the crystals change in size and shape, depending on...
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The Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
Visit Elmira, Ontario as they celebrate the spring ritual of making maple syrup. Discover how maple syrup is made as frosty nights and warm days get the sap running in the trees. .
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Maple Syrup Time Activities
These hands-on activities teach students about the many uses of maple trees.
Read Works
Read Works: Quebec's Sugar Season
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how people in Quebec, Canada celebrate the time when sap flows from the maple trees. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Maine Maple Producers Association
An excellent resource for learning about how the sap is extracted from a maple tree and made into syrup, about the different types of maple syrup, the history of maple syrup, how to store it, and recipes for using maple syrup.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Tree Trivia! Can You Pass This Test?
This site provides a fun and challenging trivia quiz. Will test your knowledge of trees. Grades 4-8.
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Agri Food Trade Service: Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry Tipsheets
Here's a collection of "fact sheets" offering details on Canada's various industries: Brewery, Dairy, Distillery, Fish and Seafood, Egg, Fruit, Grains and Oilseeds, Honey, Poultry, Red Meat, and more.
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York Region District School Board: Pioneer Life in Upper Canada: Maple Syrup
Native people were making maple syrup long before the settlers came to Upper Canada. Learn about the process and what the settlers did to make it easier.