Maple Syrup and Climate

Students will better understand the relationship between climate and its effect on maple syrup production by learning about how maple trees are tapped and the sap is processed into maple syrup.

Lesson Topics:

Climate change, climate, maple syrup, trees, biosphere, foraging

Curricular Connections:

Common Core English Language Arts:
Grades 3-5 Informational Text: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (Standards 7, 9)

Next Generation Science Standards:
Grades 3-5: ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems
Grades 3-5: ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity