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RELATION OF NATURE-STUDY TO SCIENCE 23 



ups are stimulating, stimulating to one who reports as well as 

 those who read. These reports should come not only from 

 teachers in the schools, though naturally man)' of them should 

 come from that source, but from out of school as well. There 

 are in the elementary schools, the high schools, the normal 

 schools and colleges and in community organizations many ob- 

 servations and experiences that are worth reporting to others. 

 Real nature contact both in determining what is true in nature 

 and in determining how it may be taught so that the best edu- 

 cational results may be had, are the things concerning which 

 we need discussion. More nature and more experiment in do- 

 ing something with nature will be helpful to us all. 



Otis \Y. Caldwell 



RELATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NATURE-STUDY TO SECOND- 

 ARY SCHOOL SCIENCE 



Committee Report Presented to Central Association of Science 

 and Mathematics Teachers — November 26, 1909. 

 [Editor's Note: This report will doubtless be of interest to readers 

 of the Nature-Study Review, as it is an attempt to sum up the present situ- 

 ation. As it has not been printed elsewhere, except for distribution at the 

 meeting, it will be new to most of the readers. The committee consisted of 

 Fred L. Charles, Chairman; Otis W. Caldwell and J. A. Drushel. The re- 

 port was criticised as being somewhat pessimistic, but it was not intended 

 by the committee that such interpretation should be made.] 



I. INTRODUCTORY 



1. Definition of Nature-Study; 2. Purposes of this 

 investigation; 3. Significance of the problem. 



II. THE EQUIPMENT DESIRED OF THE CANDI- 

 DATE FOR SECONDARY SCIENCE COURSES. 



1. A body of concrete knowledge — acquaintance with 

 common phenomena. 2. Manual experience — in field, 

 laboratory (and shop). 3. Problem-solving attitude — 

 enthusiasm for investigation — initiative — persistence. 4. 

 Disciplined senses — alertness. 5. Some power of organi- 

 zation — ability to think by points. 6. Some knowledge of 

 sources — appreciation of scientific authority. 7. Proper 

 skepticism — insistence upon conclusive evidence. 8. Imag- 

 ination — within proper limits. 9. Sane appreciation of the 

 aesthetic. 10. Reverence for eternal values. 



