Nature study
Nature-study is, despite all discussions and perversions, a study of nature; it consists of simple, truthful observations that may, like beads on a string, finally be threaded upon the understanding and thus held together as a logical and harmonious whole. Therefore, the objec...
Nature-study is, despite all discussions and perversions, a study of nature; it consists of simple, truthful observations that may, like beads on a string, finally be threaded u...
6. PART II.The reason for studying any bird is to ascertain what it does; in order to accomplish this, it is necessary to know what the bird is, learning what it is, being simply a step th...
7. c. If on a tree, tell where it was on a branch, in a fork, or“_It remains yet unresolved whether the happiness of a man in this world doth consist more in contemplation or action. Concerning which two opinions I shall forebear to add a th...
8. chapter 8; The Dairy Herd, Farmers’ Bulletin No. 55, U. S. Dept. of_Method_--Begin the lesson with leading the pupils to understand the peculiar adaptation of cattle for success, as wild animals. This will have to be done largely by reading and...
9. d. Watch how the aphid excretes the honey-dew, and note if the ant12. If you find a colony of ants under stones where there are brown and black ants living together, the black members are the slaves of the brown. Observe as carefully as possib...
10. PART IIIThe only right way to begin plant study with young children is through awakening their interest in and love for flowers. Most children love flowers naturally; they enjoy bringin...
11. PART IVA brook is undoubtedly the most fascinating bit of geography which the child encounters; and yet how few children who happily play in the brook--wading, making dams, drawing out...