Classroom Resources

Welcome Teachers!

The Vermont Maple Sugarmakers Association is pleased that you're interested in teaching your students about maple sugaring and we have several tools to make that easier.

Vermont AITC K-8 Standards-Based Maple Unit

Thanks to a grant from the Vermont Maple Foundation, Vermont Agriculture in the Classroom has published a K-8 standards-based unit on “Maple Sugaring in Vermont”. This unit is divided into two sections, Grades K-4 and Grades 5-8. Every activity in each section is aligned to the Vermont Framework of Standards and corresponds with the 4-H Life Skills. The unit is designed so that educators can pick and choose specific activities or they can teach the entire unit over the course of a few months.

You can download the entire curriculum, free of charge, from the AITC website (http://www.vermontagriculture.com/buylocal/learn/curriculum.html). You can print the entire book which is 159 pages, or pick and choose an activity or two.

New Maple DVD

Pure Vermont Maple: A Proud Tradition: "Voices from the Sugarwoods" -  the colorful story of the Green Mountain State's famed maple syrup, told by sugarmakers who work in the woods and sugarhouses to produce the delicacy that is the official flavor of Vermont. Cost is $19.95 plus $3.00 S&H (6% sales tax when shipped to Vermont addresses)  FRENCH LANGUAGE VERSION AVAILABLE!  Please contact Perceptions, Inc. at 802-425-2783, or email them at PerceptiVT@aol.com. Downloadable order forms are available at PerceptionsVermont.com.

The Magical Maple Tree

A 9 minute DVD that prepares a young audience for a trip to a sugarhouse and sugarbush.  An activities guide to the video is included within the jacket.  $19.95 + $3.00 S&H (6% sales tax when shipped to Vermont addresses)  FRENCH LANGUAGE VERSION AVAILABLE SOON!  order at PerceptionsVermont.com

Maple Sugarin' in Vermont:  A sweet history -

A book about the first four centuries of Vermont Maple Sugaring - published by History Press, widely available.  Autographed copies can be purchased from PerceptionsVermont.com  $19.99 + $3.00 S&H (6% sales tax when shipped to Vermont addresses)

The Maple Sugaring Story -

29 minute DVD or VHS, international award-winning production.  The story of maple sugaring is about more than maple production, it's about people - from the early times of the Northeastern North Americans & the European Colonists to those who work today with the land and nature in a time honored way, harvesting and processing the wonderful product known as Maple syrup - a phenomenon that occurs in just one region of the world for a brief time each year.   The yield is a Pure, Natural  delicacy cherished for it's unique flavor and special nutritional qualities.  $29.95 post paid (6% sales tax when shipped to Vermont addresses)  To order go to:  PerceptionsVermont.com