March 2027 (3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 17 & 18)
Grades 2 - 12
This guided tour takes place at the Nature Center ONLY. If you are interested in visiting both the Nature Center AND the Historic Village for maple-themed programming, see our Maple Festival Field Trip HERE.
Recommended adult (teacher or parent) to student ratio is 1:10. Schools are divided into groups of no more than 30 students AND adults. Rate is $250/group.
Sweet History & Science
Groups will explore the history of maple sugaring guided through a series of stations:
Practice tapping a tree.
Meet our cooper and learn why his trade was so important to maple sugaring.
Visit our modern sugarhouse and learn how we make maple syrup today!
See what a 19th century sugar camp may have looked like, and how the community came together to make maple sugar.
Venture out into the woods and explore our “maple history trail” on it you will learn about the evolution of tools used to collect sap.
Understand the science behind maple products, what is sap? why does it “flow” through a tree”? why do we tap sugar maples?
Taste the difference between “pancake syrup” and maple syrup over two silver dollar pancakes.