Installing maple taps at TOAST

Student inspecting a tree as a hole is drilled for a maple tap.

Visit our district Facebook page to see students in Betsy Tanenhaus’ third grade at TOAST receiving a hands-on lesson in science courtesy of our community partners at the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center.

Joined by Radix environmental educator Cait Denny, the class headed to neighboring Lincoln Park to install taps in maple trees, the sap from which can eventually be boiled down into syrup.

The scientific outing was part of TOAST’s ongoing partnership with Radix, whose mission to promote ecological literacy and environmental stewardship goes hand-in-hand with the school’s STEM theme.

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