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The record of this study will consist in: 



1. An annotated list of the kindling woods found, with 

 notes on their occurrence, natural characters, and burning 

 qualities. Names will be furnished by instructors if needed. 



2 . A sketch showing your own preferred construction of a 

 fire, with pieces properly graded in size for ready ignition, and 

 properly placed for admission of air. 



3. A brief statement of the results of the demonstrations 

 made at the common fire. 



Physical Nature-Study for the Elementary School 



Wm. T. Skilling 

 State Normal School, San Diego, Cal. 



Chapter I 



For a num]:)er of years courses given in the first year of the high 

 school under the name of General Science or Introduction to 

 Science have found great favor among educators and have been 

 popular with pupils of the ninth grade. In these classes the sub- 

 ject matter is drawn, supposedly, from all branches of science, and 

 the treatment among the wisest teachers is from the nature-study 

 point of view rather than from the view point of science. 



It is in this ninth year work that the child receives his first intro- 

 duction to that body of facts and phenomena which are at the basis 

 of the inorganic sciences. The nature-study of the first eight 

 grades seldom contains anything but biological material. Begin- 

 ning usually with lessons upon seeds and their germination, studied 

 in connection with the school garden, then going on with animal 

 life, such topics as insects, birds, pond life and household pets are 

 made the subject of the nature lessons. Following this perhaps a 

 study of trees and forestry is taken up after which a course in 

 physiology rounds out the subject in the eighth year. 



