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As you prepare for your visit, here are some ways you and your students can use our web site to learn about maple sugaring:
Use our on-line exercise to practice making predictions for sap flow for varying conditions of temperature and weather
Use the links to weather maps and satellite photographs to predict tomorrow's weather and compare that with the professional weather forecast available on-line
Make your prediction for sap flow during the next 24 hours
Check the sap reports from the sugarbush to see how close you and Sugarbush Larry came to what actually happened
What happens when you tap a maple tree?
How to tell a Sugar Maple from other maples
What does the cross section of a maple tree look like?
What is a "sugar snow"?
The Physics of Maple Syrup Making
More about the Evaporator
Order the Maple Syrup Producer's Manual