LM Sugarbush - Salem, Indiana

Language Arts – Read the maple syrup poem in this link and try to write your own poem:

Poem “Maple Syrup Time” in middle of page - http://www.elmiramaplesyrup.com/maple_syrup.htm 1+

On nice paper you could copy one these poems or the poem you wrote in your best printing and decorate the edges of the paper with drawings of the activities and items you mention in your poem.

History – Using the third paragraph of the page on this link, write several sentences explaining why the Indians and Pioneers made the majority of their maple sap into sugar and we as modern producers make the majority of ours into syrup http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/ml_maple.html 2+

This link describes the process of bottling syrup just like we do it on our farm:

http://www.tppm.com/maple_syrup/boiling.html 2+ (click on “filter and bottle” at the bottom of the page)

Science – Answer the following questions: Why must syrup be bottled hot? What temperature should it be bottled at? Compare the bottling process to canning vegetables from the garden in the summer - what would happen if you put the vegetables or fruits in the jars and did not heat them to seal the jars but left them as they are?

http://www.tppm.com/maple_syrup/boiling.html 2+ (click on filter and bottle at the bottom of the page)

Study the bottom of the page of this site to learn about the different grades of pure maple syrup and its nutritional value - http://geography.anu.edu.au/associated/fpt/nwfp/maplesyrup/maple3_copy.html#anchor8702944 3+

Graphics for the following math question are at the end of the page.

Math – 1 Which of these jugs holds 1 cup?

2 quarts or 4 pints?

2 cups?

4 quarts?

4 cups or 2 pints?

2If Mr. Goering bottled 450 jugs of syrup to sell at the festival and 386 were sold, how many jugs were left?

1 The following sizes have recently been ordered:

8 ounce 48

pint 96

quart 36

half gallon 12

gallon 8

How much syrup in needed to bottle this order?

2 We normally bottle 8 ounce, pint, quart, half gallon and gallon jugs at our bottling station in the sugarhouse. We bottle the syrup in batches of 45 gallons at a time. Approximately how many of the above containers would be used if the same number of each size container were bottled using the 45 gallons of syrup?

Hint – one gallon of syrup contains 128 ounces – this question uses algebra!!!

Art Design a new maple syrup container that you would enjoy buying syrup in. You can look on our site at www.lmsugarbush.com to see what kinds of containers we sell our syrup in. You can design a plastic jug, glass bottle or tin container or all three. Have fun and let your imagination run wild!!