Sugaring Season

We go out to gather our sap each day in the afternoon.  Some days it is snowing, some days the weather is very spring like and some day we discover our sap has frozen in the buckets.  It doesn't matter what the weather is like, we are having so much fun checking on our sap!

 

We are each recording the daily collection  data on our own charts and also updating the chart outside our door.  As of Friday, March 28, we had collected 122 galloons of sap.....enough to make 3 gallons of maple syrup.    Our season has not ended yet!

Maple Fest

We began our Maple Fest class celebration by making pancakes for snack time.  They were so yummy with our syrup from the sugarhouse!                                                                                                      

                                                    

In the afternoon, we enjoyed "sugar-on- snow" tasting bites of the sweet maple treat with pickles and doughnuts!  

We used some of our syrup to make maple milkshakes!  What a sweet, fun day!  

Rain Clouds in a Jar

As we continue our study of weather, we wanted to discover what makes it rain.  As we added water vapor (blue colored water) to our clouds (shaving cream) and watched as gravity began to pull water droplets.    down through the clouds!                                                                                                                                

 

Sugar House Visit

Special thanks to Dan and Laurie Novotny and family for letting us visit their Sugarhouse.  We got to see what happens to the sap we  collect when Ms. Laurie brings it to the sugarhouse each evening.                

Ms. Laurie's doughnuts dipped in maple syrup are so yummy!  Thank you for sharing them with us.  

Wind Energy: Sail Cars

 

Using the knowledge we learned about our  sailboats, we each designed and built our own sail cars choosing from a set of materials.                                                                                                         

Then we tested them to see how far the wind would blow them!  

Wind Energy: Sailboats

 

We each built our own sailboats.  

Then it was time for the test.  Would they sail down the track with some help from the wind ( a fan)?  So much fun!  We were able to revise our sails and test again!