The Magic of Maple Syrup
Did you know that maple syrup is basically "bottled sunshine"? During the summer, maple trees use sunlight to make sugar, which they store for the winter. In the spring, when the days get warm but the nights are still freezing, the sugary sap starts to flow. It takes a lot of work to make that sweet syrup for your pancakes—on average, you need 40 litres of sap just to make 1 single litre of syrup! Learn more!
Wee Ones
Imagine a maple tree with 3 small buckets hanging on it to catch the sap. If the farmer adds 2 more buckets, can you "see" how many buckets there are now without counting them one by one?
Little Kids
If it takes 40 litres of sap to make a big bottle of syrup, and you have already collected half of that amount, how many litres of sap do you have?
Big Kids
The "sugaring season" when sap flows usually only lasts for about 20 days. If the season started on March 1st, on what day of March would the 20-day season end?
The Sky's the Limit
A large maple tree can produce about 40 litres of sap in one season—just enough for 1 litre of syrup. If a "sugar shack" wants to make 50 litres of syrup, how many trees do they need to tap?