trafton] OUTLINE OF NATURE-STUDY 115 



III. Some Friends and Foes of the Garden. 



Insects, birds, toad. 



IV. Aquarium Studies. 



Water Plants. 



V. Fall Sports. 



Bicycling. 



Winter 



I. Plants and Animals in Winter. 



Buds of trees, winter decorations; birds. 

 II. Health Studies. 



Foods; heating and ventilation; clothing; avoiding disease; the 

 blood system ; accidents. 



III. Christmas Studies. 



Evergreens of Mankato. 



IV. Winter Sports. 



Roller skating. 



V. Sky Studies. 



The stars and planets. 



VI. Some Simple Machines That Make Man's Work Easier. 



Pulley, screw, wedge. 



VII. How Glass Helps People. 



Spectacles, opera glasses, camera. 

 VIII. Helps in Being Prompt. 



Watches and clocks; school electric bell; old methods of telling 

 time. 



Spring 



I. The Awakening Life of Spring. 

 Fruit trees, cultivated shrubs. 

 II. The Returning Life of Spring. 



Birds of the meadows and fields; and of marshes ; bird enemies; work 

 of Audubon society.; migration; open nesting houses; Audubon 

 bird club. 



III. Gardening; Vines and vine crops. 



School room gardening, school gardens, home gardens. 



IV. Spring Sports. 



Outdoor toys, as kite, windmill, water wheel. 



Seventh Grade 



Central thought for the grade : The Hygiene and Science of the Home 



Fall 



I. Making the Home Yard Attractive. 

 Shrubs, vines, flowers. 



