Here’s a fun outdoor field trip opportunity to get those restless, wiggly, cabin-fever students out of their desks for a few hours.
McHenry County Conservation District offers free elementary school field trips for the annual Festival of the Sugar Maples, at Coral Woods Conservation Area, 7400 Somerset, Marengo.
Field trips are offered daily, Feb. 27 – March 2 and March 5 – 9 for students in Grades 2-5. Teachers are invited to set up a 1¼ hour educational tour of the history, making and production of pure McHenry County maple syrup!
The entire length of the field trip is held outdoors along a one-mile stretch of wooded nature trail.
The entire length of the field trip is held outdoors along a one-mile stretch of wooded nature trail.
Students will have a unique opportunity to learn the fascinating history of maple sugaring and the evolution of the sap collection process. They will then visit the evaporator house to see how sap is transformed into syrup and get a taste of pure Coral Woods maple syrup.
Students can then bring their families back for the free public tours offered on the weekends of March 3-4 and 10-11 from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Teachers can call Prairieview Education Center at 815-479-5779 by February 10 to set up their field trips.
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