It’s Maple Syrup Season!

The process of collecting sap and turning it into maple syrup supplies some excellent science lessons for students. The process of producing maple syrup can teach students lessons about why maple sap is most convenient to collect in late winter/early spring, what makes the sap run, and it teaches students about evaporation..
Here are a couple of video lessons about making maple syrup:.

Ever Wonder How Maple Syrup is Made? Gardners video reveals audiences how he collects maple sap and turns it into maple syrup. In the video he describes why maple sap is collected at this time of year, how much sap hell collect from a large tree, and just how much sap it takes to make a gallon of maple syrup.

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That suggests days are getting a little bit longer and the sun is a bit higher in the sky throughout the day. As a result of that increased daylight and heat the sap in maple trees is beginning to run.

Maple Syrup the Modern Way is a 3 minute video about the procedure commercial manufacturers use to make syrup.

Ever Wonder How Maple Syrup is Made? is a video from Highlights. The concise video reveals a mix of the old way of using pails to gather sap and the modern-day approach of using pipes.

My good friend Gardner Waldeier AKA Bus Huxley on YouTube gathers maple sap to make maple syrup. He does it the old fashioned way and he made a video about the process. Gardners video reveals viewers how he gathers maple sap and turns it into maple syrup. In the video he explains why maple sap is collected at this time of year, just how much sap hell gather from a big tree, and simply just how much sap it requires to make a gallon of maple syrup. You also get a great tour of Gardners woodlot.

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