trafton] OUTLINE OF NATURE-STUDY 127 



Why is the zinnia a good flower to grow in our gardens? 

 What do we have to do in order to get these flowers? 

 What colors do you find on butterflies? 

 Why do bees come to the flowers? 

 7. Leaf coloring. 



A. Study of coloring of leaves of trees growing along the streets 

 and in the children's yards. 



B. Special study of fruit trees and oaks. 

 Problems — 



How does the coloring on the different kind of trees growing in your 

 yard differ? 



How can we tell the different kind of oaks apart? 



Of what use is the oak? 



How can you tell the apple tree by its leaves? 



Let us see how many different kind of apples we can collect? 

 8. Plants without flowers. 



Ferns and mushrooms. 

 Problem — 



How do ferns and mushrooms differ from our fall flowers such as 

 goldenrod? 



II. Animal Acitvities. 



Mosquitoes; keep wigglers in tumbler. 

 Problem — 



How do these wigglers live in the water? 



III. Preparation for Winter. 



1. Food for the winter. 



A. Study of fruits grown outside of Minnesota. 

 Problem — 



What fruits that we eat are grown outside of Minnesota? 

 How do these fruits get to us? 



2. Provision for winter and spring gardens. 



A. Raising plants from cuttings. 



B . Planting bulb of Dutch hyacinth indoors. 



C. Planting bulb of Dutch Hyacinth outdoors. 



Problems — 



We will learn a new way of getting flowers, that is by using cuttings. 

 How can we have flowers in our room next winter? 

 How can we have flowers outdoors in the spring? 



3. Seed for next year. 



Nature's seed sowing-seeds that shoot, and those scattered by birds. 



Problems — 



How are some plants fitted so as to shoot their seeds? 

 How do birds help scatter seeds? 



4. Animal preparation for winter. 



A. The tadpole in winter quarters — aquarium studies. 



B. Special study of the deer in Sibley Park. 



