Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Classroom News

Dear Families,

Wednesday is Pajama Day! The class earned a celebration!

The current reading unit is the study of biographies and our writing unit is personal essays. 

In social studies, we are working on 3D maps of Vermont to learn about the regions of Vermont.

We are continuing our study of the maple sugaring industries and it's uses of energy and impact on the environment. We visited Purinton's Maple Farm and had maple syrup on snow. We also learned about reverse osmosis and the steam away process to make the sugaring operation more efficient. We toured the Running Saps sugaring operation and Tim Brown's sugaring operation in Hinesburg. 
On Thursday, we will go to the Audubon sugar house. 

A sample of some of the questions we asked:

  • How many taps do you have?
  • How much syrup did you produce last year?
  • What fuel do you use to heat the sap?
  • What other efficiencies do you have in place? What energy do those use?
  • What other methods have you added to make it easier or use less energy?
  • Do you use tubing or buckets?
  • Do you walk, use a vehicle, or a horse to work on your sugarbush?
  • Did you change the woods?
  • Has a forester helped you with your sugarbush? And if so, how?















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