Bushy Hill

What an amazing day we had. We couldn't have asked for better weather for our field trip to Bushy Hill. We learned so many great things. Our field trip consisted of three parts. We learned about liquids and capacity with Miss Jen in the nature center. We were amazed how the liquids fit in all of the different containers. We learned about pints, quarts and gallons. We then moved onto our group with Mr. Brendan. He taught us how to identify a maple tree, how to see if it was ready to be tapped, how to tap a tree and about circumfrance. We even got to see a tree with buckets filling up with sap. The next portion of our trip was with Mr. Phil in the sugar shack. Here we learned how maple syrup was made! We witnessed the sap/syrup as a liquid, a gas and a solid. We got to sample freshly made maple syrup and even got to try a piece of maple sugar candy! As a bonus, Mr. Phil even brought us to see a recreation of a wigwam, and we got to sit inside of it. When this was complete, we enjoyed our lunch in their beautiful nature center! It was a super trip and we learned so much! Check out our pictures below!!!