EAST GREENBUSH (WNYT) – Students in East Greenbush got a sweet lesson in science on Tuesday. Kids at Bell Top Elementary School learned how to make maple syrup – from tapping trees to collecting sap.

A bucket hangs from a maple tree to collect sap at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Minn., on Feb. 14. Unseasonably warm weather with temperatures above 50 degrees led staff ...

Watery sap drips slowly from a spout in the side of the tree, falling drop by drop into a silver metal bucket attached to the trunk. The slightly sweet tree water is a nutritious drink, but this ...