Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!
Jessi and Squeaks are eating some pancakes and learning all about their favorite pancake topping: maple syrup! Learn how maple trees use air, water, and sunlight to make sugar for the tree to use as food, called sap, and how humans collect that sap and turn it into maple syrup!
NGSS Standards:
First Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System - Seasonal patterns of sunrise and sunset can be observed, described, and predicted (1-ESS1-2).
LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow (1-LS1-1).
Performance Expectations:
1-ESS1-2 Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Plants depend on water and light to grow (2-LS2-1).
Performance Expectation:
2-LS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda
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Join Jessi, Mister Brown, Squeaks the Robot Lab Rat, and all their friends at the Fort as they conduct experiments, research new questions, and talk with experts to learn about the science-filled world around us.
There's always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age!
SciShow Kids is ideal for early-elementary learners, Grades 1-3, and many episodes are structured around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) curriculum.
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SOURCES:
nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/photosynthesis
wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-trees-make-sap
massmaple.org/about-maple-syrup/how-sugar-maple-trees-work
https://blogs.cornell.edu/cornellmaple/aboutmaplesyrup/
Image Sources:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_syrup_being_prepared_at_the_Kortright_Conservation_Centre.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/pouring-maple-syrup-from-bucket-into-strainer-gm172725449-5915293
istockphoto.com/photo/collecting-sap-to-produce-maple-syrup-gm92247116-3300328
istockphoto.com/photo/grandfather-and-grandson-tapping-maple-tree-for-maple-syrup-gm1214602517-353448247
istockphoto.com/photo/grandfather-and-grandson-tapping-maple-tree-for-maple-syrup-gm1214602524-353448284
istockphoto.com/photo/boiling-cauldrons-gm104866919-6204128
vimeo.com/36555353
istockphoto.com/photo/maple-sap-tap-gm1282927367-380514909
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MapleSyrupDrop.ogv
istockphoto.com/photo/sugar-maple-sap-dripping-into-a-bucket-gm145921143-5871428
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_sap_collecting_at_White_Mountain_(4626190069).jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/maple-syrup-production-in-quebec-gm1133635489-300947074
storyblocks.com/video/stock/maple-syrup-flows-in-a-thin-trickle-on-a-pile-of-pancakes-slow-motion-bpdrmqfkzj23czq0z
istockphoto.com/photo/maple-leaf-red-autumn-gm488506594-74183917
istockphoto.com/photo/canada-flag-gm486037941-38260124
storyblocks.com/video/stock/close-up-of-maple-tree-leaves-at-fall-branch-with-autumn-yellow-sunlight-maple-leaves-in-forest-at-sunny-day-rvns0eqdbk10qpo9u
istockphoto.com/photo/frosty-maples-gm1333468059-415960031
istockphoto.com/photo/tree-branches-gm978011120-265865136
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MapleSyrupProduction.jpg
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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!
Jessi and Squeaks are eating some pancakes and learning all about their favorite pancake topping: maple syrup! Learn how maple trees use air, water, and sunlight to make sugar for the tree to use as food, called sap, and how humans collect that sap and turn it into maple syrup!
NGSS Standards:
First Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System - Seasonal patterns of sunrise and sunset can be observed, described, and predicted (1-ESS1-2).
LS1.A: Structure and Function - All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow (1-LS1-1).
Performance Expectations:
1-ESS1-2 Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Idea:
LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Plants depend on water and light to grow (2-LS2-1).
Performance Expectation:
2-LS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda
----------
Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon:
patreon.com/scishowkids
If you have a question for Jessi, Squeaks, and Mister Brown you can write to them here: https://forms.gle/SENBjH9szoLGfrRC9
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: facebook.com/scishowkids
Twitter: twitter.com/scishowkids
----------
From the team behind the YouTube series SciShow comes SciShow Kids!
Join Jessi, Mister Brown, Squeaks the Robot Lab Rat, and all their friends at the Fort as they conduct experiments, research new questions, and talk with experts to learn about the science-filled world around us.
There's always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age!
SciShow Kids is ideal for early-elementary learners, Grades 1-3, and many episodes are structured around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) curriculum.
----------
SOURCES:
nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/photosynthesis
wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-trees-make-sap
massmaple.org/about-maple-syrup/how-sugar-maple-trees-work
https://blogs.cornell.edu/cornellmaple/aboutmaplesyrup/
Image Sources:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_syrup_being_prepared_at_the_Kortright_Conservation_Centre.jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/pouring-maple-syrup-from-bucket-into-strainer-gm172725449-5915293
istockphoto.com/photo/collecting-sap-to-produce-maple-syrup-gm92247116-3300328
istockphoto.com/photo/grandfather-and-grandson-tapping-maple-tree-for-maple-syrup-gm1214602517-353448247
istockphoto.com/photo/grandfather-and-grandson-tapping-maple-tree-for-maple-syrup-gm1214602524-353448284
istockphoto.com/photo/boiling-cauldrons-gm104866919-6204128
vimeo.com/36555353
istockphoto.com/photo/maple-sap-tap-gm1282927367-380514909
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MapleSyrupDrop.ogv
istockphoto.com/photo/sugar-maple-sap-dripping-into-a-bucket-gm145921143-5871428
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_sap_collecting_at_White_Mountain_(4626190069).jpg
istockphoto.com/photo/maple-syrup-production-in-quebec-gm1133635489-300947074
storyblocks.com/video/stock/maple-syrup-flows-in-a-thin-trickle-on-a-pile-of-pancakes-slow-motion-bpdrmqfkzj23czq0z
istockphoto.com/photo/maple-leaf-red-autumn-gm488506594-74183917
istockphoto.com/photo/canada-flag-gm486037941-38260124
storyblocks.com/video/stock/close-up-of-maple-tree-leaves-at-fall-branch-with-autumn-yellow-sunlight-maple-leaves-in-forest-at-sunny-day-rvns0eqdbk10qpo9u
istockphoto.com/photo/frosty-maples-gm1333468059-415960031
istockphoto.com/photo/tree-branches-gm978011120-265865136
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MapleSyrupProduction.jpg
#scishowkids #maplesyrup #food #education #science #elementary #learning #fun #scienceforkids #sugaring #mapletreetapping #evaporator #maple #sugar
