We went to a maple syrup barn with some other homeschoolers. Maple syrup comes from sugar maple trees. The sap goes up during the day and then at night it goes back down to the roots. You  have to catch it while it is going up and down. You use a drill and drill into the tree. After that you  put a little spout in the hole and then a bucket. You put a cover over the bucket so the rain doesn't get in. Then it goes into a gathering bucket. We saw the big machine that they use to make maple syrup. The machine boils sap. Then it goes to the corner and the sap turns into maple syrup. It goes into another machine that puts it into bottles. It really looks like a coffee machine though. After we visited the sugar house we went inside and had pancakes and hot chocolate! yummy!