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Learn More About US, Our Project and Our Project Resources

 

Stockbridge Valley Central School - Our District Website
Stockbridge Valley FFA - Our FFA Program Website
Our Student Blog - Student communications with teachers and each other
Our Team Blog - Team planning and communications
HP K-12 Technology for Teaching Program - Thank you HP.
ISTE - The International Society for Technology in Education.
MyBrochureMaker - Online program students used to create our brochures
Microsoft Virtual Earth - Students examined our community through virtual reality
Autodesk Sketchbook Pro - Painting software used for illustrating
Audacity - Sound editting software used for podcasts and video narration
The American Maple Museum - We visited the AMM for our fieldtrip
Maple Weekend - We joined the Mohawk Valley Maple Producers  in 2007. 
Formsite - The software we used for post project surveys.
Taskstream - An online subscription service for lesson planning, webporfolios, etc
Adobe Premiere Elements - Software used to create our video documentaries

Useful Information about Maple Syrup

American Maple Museum
Backyard Maple Syrup Production 

Bendix Woods Maple Syrup Program  (2nd through 4th Grade)
Bendix Woods Maple Syrup Program  (5th through 8th Grade)

Canadian Maple Syrup - Nutritional Information (also see History, Facts and More) 
Cornell University Sugar Maple Research Program
Fulton's - Maple Facts & Production
Hobby Maple Syrup Production
How to Explain Sap Flow
Identifying Maple Trees for Syrup Production
Journey North Field Data
Journey North Leaf Out
Journey North Signs of Spring Everywhere
Maple Syrup Quality Control Manual
2006 Maple Sugar Production Statistics
Michigan Maple Syrup Association
Stranahan Arboretum - Maple Syrup Science
Vermont Agriculture in the Classroom - Maple Sugaring
Wikipedia: Maple Syrup

Dichotomous Tree ID Key - Fancy name, but a cool way to use binary decision making (either/or) with a sample leaf to determine what type of tree it probably came from. Awesome activity for students. Kelly - Could you then do a writing activity that would link to Effective Communicator - supporting details, descriptive language, etc.

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Author: Kate Fisher
Last modified: 6/22/2007 12:31 PM (EDT)