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Sap's running
Swinburne details the sugar-maple business of the Colemans. Every spring, the Colemans tap holes into sugar-maple trees, and then hang a bucket under each hole to catch the sap. Sap from sugar maples looks like water, but tastes sweet because it contains sugar and minerals from the soil.
Magazine Article
Sap's Running
\"Sap from sugar maples looks like water, but tastes sweet. That's because it has sugar in it. It also contains minerals from the soil. A 50-foot-high sugar maple has nearly two hundred thousand leaves. All these leaves drink in summer sunshine and make sugar. During winter, sugar is stored in the tree. Running sap in the spring contains the sugar that was made in the tree the summer before.\" (Highlights for Children) Learn how sap is collected and turned into maple syrup. The relationship between temperature and sap flow is explained and an Iroquois legend about the origin of maple syrup is presented.
Magazine Article
Busy birds, busy beaks
A list of the different ways different species of birds use their beaks is presented. Some birds use their beaks for catching frogs and insects, while some use them to build nests and drink nectar from flowers.
Magazine Article
Lots and lots of zebra stripes : patterns in nature
A photo-essay featuring patterns that appear in nature, from animal colorings to physical phenomena.
Book
Ocean soup : tide-pool poems
Playful poems and information about some of the creatures that live in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean tide pools.
Book
St. Lucia: rainbows while time stands still
In between villages, the road roller-coasters through luxuriant stands of banana, coffee, and cocoa trees and meanders along cliffs with alternating views of the sea and forest We got a flat tire a few hours into our sojourn at a spot that our guidebook revealed as the fer-de-lance haven on the island.
Newspaper Article