Grade 1

Natural Resources/Maple Syrup and Trees
February through March
Locations: Oregon Ridge Nature Center

Essential Question:
How are the needs of humans met by natural resources such as trees?

This program includes a 45-minute opening after which students will rotate through 6 outdoor stations. Stations include maple syrup production from various time periods, spile making, use of an auger, and a sugar bush
nature hike.

The Camp Puh’tok program requires a minimum of 6 parents to attend a 3 hour training session prior to the field study. There is a $4.00/student facility use fee for Camp Puh’tok only.

Grade 1 VSC/BCPS
Content Standard: Environmental Science
Topic: Natural Resources and Human Needs
Indicator: Identify and describe how humans use plants and animals to meet their daily needs.

Red Maple tree and spile dispensing sap into bucket.		It takes 100 one gallon containers of sap  from Red Maple trees in order to produce one gallon of maple syrup.
An evaporator boils off the water in the sap in order to increase the sugar content of the remaining sap.		Each student attending the Natural Resources/Maple Syrup Making will receive a spile which is made from a Sumac tree to take home.