Estimated Time: 5 minutes

The Starseek gets stuck in an old, dying maple tree. Maple trees are amazing, and they have a lot of cool facts!

Maple trees are special because they use air, water, and sunlight to make a sweet food called sap. This sap is what the tree uses to grow. People can collect this sap and turn it into yummy maple syrup that we can put on pancakes!

Here are a few more fun facts about maple trees:

• Maple trees have beautiful leaves that change colors in the fall. They can turn red, yellow, and orange.
• There are many types of maple trees, but the sugar maple is the one that gives us the best syrup.
• Maple trees can live for a very long time, some even up to 300 years!
• The seeds of maple trees are called "helicopters" because they spin like a helicopter blade when they fall to the ground.

Watch this video that shows us how maple trees make sap and how people collect it to make maple syrup. Pay close attention to how the tree uses air, water, and sunlight to make its food.

Do you like to eat maple syrup?