There are several “sweet” opportunities coming up for anyone interested in tapping maple trees and making maple syrup with youth!
On Oct. 12 and Dec. 7, Future Generations University will host free trainings on Maple in the Classroom, a six-week hands-on curriculum created to inspire connection to nature, STEM concepts, and Appalachian culture and history through the lens of maple syrup production.
The trainings will cover an overview of Maple in the Classroom, as well as practice with several activities from the curriculum. Through participating in these activities, training attendees will get the chance to compete in a maple sap relay, watch celery change colors, sample maple syrup, and more. These activities, as well as the whole Maple in the Classroom curriculum, are aligned with West Virginia College and Career Readiness Standards.
Additionally, each training will contain information about how to tap trees, collect sap, and make maple syrup at schools and community sites. All training participants will receive the supplies needed to get started making maple syrup with students.
Help kids discover the science and history behind a sweet forest product by coming to the Maple in the Classroom training Oct. 12 at the Future Generations campus in Franklin, or the training, held in partnership with Ronk Family Farm, on Dec. 7 in Alum Creek.
To sign up for either training or receive more information, email sprout@future.edu.
