Sap -N- School 2019 Year 8

[Bugsmudbooksandsticks]

For 8 years now I have been tapping trees with my Kindergarten class. It such a great way to teach so many aspects of math and science. Keeping track of our sap collection totals vs syrup yield, liquid conversations, reading a thermometer, learning to chop wood, start a fire and knowing your food sources will be everyday conversations for the next few months.

Enjoy sharing our process with. I update the photos pretty often.

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http://bugsmudbooksandsticks.com/sap-n-school/ or http://bugsmudbooksandsticks.com/so-full-of-sap/

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[spud]

That is great in what your doing. I wish every school would do this. Good luck to your season.

Spud

[Bugsmudbooksandsticks]

Thank You.
We make 15 gallons of syrup so nothing huge. The amount of hands on learning and time spent learning about and in the outdoors is amazing.

Have a great season!

[RunInCircles]

Been out of commission myself for several years, but this is my first year back at it by doing sugaring with my fifth graders. They're loving it! NH Ag in the Classroom has been great. A handful of us teachers across the Granite State have connected and are sharing tips and resources.

I had them learn how to ID a maple in the winter, measure DBH and then estimate diameter, record GPS coordinates to map our sugarbush, and we're measuring and graphing every quart of sap collected. We're also graphing daily highs and lows.

Grateful for a bunch of donations to get this going; particularly Home Depot for food-safe 5-gal buckets and a local propane company that's setting up temporary bulk tank service for us!

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[raptorfan85]

This is awesome. I wish I had something like this when I was a young sprout. Finding ways to let the kids have fun and learn practical knowledge at the same time is what it's all about! Keep up the good work.

[Revi]

Fun! And it gets them aware of nature's processes!

[Sugarmaker]

Awesome work with the budding sugarmakers!
Regards,
Chris