It’s that time of year again – when the sap starts moving and it’s time to get collecting. Maple Syrup is a Canadian icon and a tasty part of our identity!
Maple Syrup Production/Information
http://www.siropderable.ca/home.aspx (available in both French and in English). This website also has a lot of information and photos, a recipe booklet, nutritional and glycemic information about maple syrup and more, plus more about the Maple industry.
Maple Syrup: A Sweet Lesson from the First Nations
A Trip Through a Vermont Sugar House
An Ojibwe/Metis Account of Maple Sugaring
Lesson Plans & Printables
From Stats Canada: Tapping the Manitoba Maple
Activity Sheets & Crossword Puzzle from Sugarbush Maple Syrup Fest
Maple Syrup Song from Alexis Swire
Maple syrup printable worksheets – puzzles, colouring sheets, games, and activities
Homeschool Share lesson plans, lapbooks and other maple syrup goodies (Not specifically Canadian but very useful!)
Pre & Post Sugar Bush Lesson Plans – Designed for K-5
Maple Syrup Production Lesson Plan – K-3 adaptable.
History of Maple Syrup – K-3 Adaptable
Maple Syrup Printables – reference sheets outlining production steps and results
Media Presentations
Video: CBC – Canadian Maple Syrup TV presentation from 1978.
Video: Syrup: A Heritage Minute
Video: Maple Syrup in Ohio State Parks
Powerpoint presentations: Quebec Maple
Sap to Syrup – a backyard syrup documentary
Make Your Own!
http://www.howtomakemaplesyrup.com/ – easy instructions
Step-by-step Instructions – a little hard to follow due to formatting issues, but Very informative!
Other Maple Treats
Festivals
Nova Scotia / Ontario / Quebec
Thanks! We’re doing a homeschool maple syrup trip next week, so these will be very helpful!
Thank you SO much for all these great resources! We visited a sugar maple bush on Saturday and the kids are loving the follow-up activities here. We have never really done a unit study type of format before… but I think I will after seeing how much they are enjoying doing the worksheets!
Thanks for all your hard work!
Glad to hear that they are enjoying them! It’s always fun to do something hands-on and then learn more about it. 🙂 Thanks!
Hello.
I was sent your website and would like to inform you that we produced a Maple Syrup Documentary called Sap To Syrup. It was a Semi Finalist in a Christian Film Festival this year. Would you be interested in this product? It was produce by our family of 10 on Prince Edward island. Go to http://www.saptosyrup.ca. Thanks Marlowe Wood
Thank you for this great resource list! I am putting a sugar shack visit in our new year to do list!