Maple Syrup - Boiling Down the Sap

Kindergarten - High School #Science ************************************ Join Educators Mary and Laurie at Greenacres Sugar Shack as they take the sap collected from maple trees and turn it into "near syrup" using the evaporator. Vocabulary: evaporator, maple, sugar shack, sugar bush, spile, sap, syrup Standards: K: Living things have specific characteristics and traits. Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival. Weather changes are long-term and short-term. 1: The sun is the principle source of energy. Water on Earth is present in many forms. Living things have basic needs, which are met by obtaining materials from the physical environment. Living things survive only in environments that meets their needs. 2: Long and short term changes weather changes occur due to changes in energy. Living things cause changes on earth. 3: Offspring resemble their parents and each other. Individuals of the same kind of organism differ in their inherited traits. These differences give some individuals an advantage in surviving and or reproducing. Plants and animals have life cycles that are part of their adaptations for survival in their natural environments. 4: Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful. 5: Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem. All of the processes that take place within organisms require energy. 6: Cells are the fundamental unit of life. Cells carry on specific functions that sustain life. 7: Energy flows and matter is transferred continuously from one organism to another and between organisms and their physical environments. 8: Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and extinction over many generations. The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parents. HS: Ecosystems, Cell Structure and Function Royalty Free Music from Bensound, Music: www.bensound.com