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Lessons from the Sugar Bush

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Best part of running the sugarbush, was Grandpa sharing the experience with the kids, which always makes any adventure, learning or otherwise, way more fun.

In the May-June 2012 issue of Home Education Magazine Caroline Kiberd shares time honored Lessons from the Sugarbush “Does it hurt the tree?” my daughter asked with a worried tone as her brother drilled a hole into the old sugar maple. “Not a bit,” I explained. “And it will heal right back up when...
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Amateur Power: Citizen Science is Made for Beginners

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Citizen Science program are a great way to get involved with real science projects.

Nancy Walters shares her family’s experience with Cornell University’s Citizen Science programs in her piece Amateur Power: Citizen Science is Made for Beginners When you tag a monarch butterfly, you have to take it slowly, work gently. My daughter moved in slow motion, completely focused, as she attached a tiny, adhesive circle to a...
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