First we learned how to identify a sugar maple and what the inside of the tree looks like.
We learned how early Native Americans and settlers collected the sap and made syrup, then we learned a few different modern ways that it is done.
Kyle enjoyed playing in the woods
Boiling down the sap
Collecting more sap, it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of Syrup!!
Checking out the evaporator
Sampling the syrup
Picnic lunch in the metro park after our field trip
Checking out the nature center
Ahhhhh!
Lucy wanted her picture with the fish, but did not want to get to close
We also learned that we are in a prime maple syrup making area
Fun family day :-)
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