awpoolco
01-27-2017, 09:53 PM
Hey MapleTeacher,
I too began tapping trees with our 3-5 graders last season. My teaching partner and I have been snowshoeing and x-country skiing for years, as part of our Physical Education program in Hampden. Last year was such a downer for those activities and I am an avid outdoor person, who Taps himself. I decided to give up on waiting for snow and introduce maple sugaring to our kids. We have 18 classrooms, so we gave each classroom a tap and bucket and helped them identify a tree. We had a blast. We charted the progress and gathered as much weather data as we could. We kept track of the production of sap from each tap and were able to make 2.5 gallons of syrup in the end. We use our syrup as an alternative for students on breakfast for lunch days. We will be following you throughout the season. Good luck to you and your students. Our hopes are to expand each year and write a grant for an evaporator, as well as have our high school students build us a sugar shack some day...
Weatherbee School
I too began tapping trees with our 3-5 graders last season. My teaching partner and I have been snowshoeing and x-country skiing for years, as part of our Physical Education program in Hampden. Last year was such a downer for those activities and I am an avid outdoor person, who Taps himself. I decided to give up on waiting for snow and introduce maple sugaring to our kids. We have 18 classrooms, so we gave each classroom a tap and bucket and helped them identify a tree. We had a blast. We charted the progress and gathered as much weather data as we could. We kept track of the production of sap from each tap and were able to make 2.5 gallons of syrup in the end. We use our syrup as an alternative for students on breakfast for lunch days. We will be following you throughout the season. Good luck to you and your students. Our hopes are to expand each year and write a grant for an evaporator, as well as have our high school students build us a sugar shack some day...
Weatherbee School