H4 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [11:3— Mar., 1915 



Fifth Grade 

 Fall 

 I. Garden Studies. 



Tender annual flowers ; bulbs; house plants; vegetables whose fruits 

 or seeds are eaten. 



II. Plants in Nature's Garden. 



Flowers that grow in sunny places; ferns; shade trees of Mankato; 

 plants that move. 



III. Some Animal Friends and Foes. 



Water insects, fly ; spiders; crayfish. 



IV. Some Plant Foes. 



Poisonous plants. 



V. Aquarium Studies. 



Scavengers of the aquarium-snail and tadpole. 



VI. Fall Sports. 



Giant stride and teeter. 



Winter 



I. Plants and Animals in Winter. 



Bark of trees, winter decorations, winter birds. 



II. Health Studies. 



Drinks, food, breathing, clothing, skin. 

 III. , [ Winter Pleasures. 



Outdoor sports ; evening entertainments. 



IV. Sky Studies. 

 The moon. 



Spring 



I. The Awakening Life of Spring. 



Shade trees; white spring flowers; cultivated perennial flowers. 



II. The Returning Life of Spring. 



Birds of the air; nesting houses for wren and bluebird; nesting habits, 

 Audubon bird club. 



III.'^The New Life of Spring. 



Frog's eggs. 

 IV. Gardening ; tender annual flowers and vegetables whose leaves are eaten. 



Schoolroom gardening, school gardens, home gardens. 



Sixth Grade 



Fall 

 I. Garden Studies. 



Vines; vine crops; flowers from spring planted bulbs; planting fall 

 bulbs; fruit trees; weeds of the garden. 



II. Plants in Nature's Garden. 



Vines; shrubs; mosses and lichens; tree fruits; fruits for winter birds. 



