Trip to Maple Sugar Outlet

On March 3rd the fourth grade team went to the Maple Sugar Outlet in Jeffersonville. While we were there we learned a lot about the maple sugaring process and the sugaring business.



Some of the things we learned...



You are able to make maple sugar powder. Ethan

I learned how to grade maple syrup. Rachel

I learned that you can make a lot of things with maple syrup. Briana

I learned that there are many different kinds of maple syrup. Julia

I learned that there have been different ways to collect syrup from trees through history. Lauren

I learned that if you blow in a tap hole it will get bacteria in it and it won't produce sap. Graem

I learned that you have to have a lot of sap to make maple candy. Sydney

I learned that it takes 60 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. Curtis

I learned that they used wooden buckets to collect sap but they got moldy and rotten, so they started using steel. Now they use plastic tubing. Brennan

I learned that they get sap from maple trees. Micheal

I learned that Vermont is the second largest sap producer in the world. Quebec is the first. Jacob

I learned they have to boil the sap until it reaches 219 degrees. Abigail

I learned that maple sugar powder is better for you than white sugar. Jordan

I learned that Grade C syrup has to be sold to store maple syrup (like Aunt Jemima) Andrew

I learned that to make maple syrup candy you need to take out a lot of water from the maple syrup. Koben

I learned that sap is 80% water and 20% sugar. Nate

I learned that if you tap in the same spot on the tree it will not produce sap. Macy

I learned that a long time ago they used metal pipes to collect sap. Cameron

I learned that the weather determines what grade the syrup will be. Nathan