trafton] OUTLINE OF NATURE-STUDY 165 



2. Method of planting bulbs. 



A. Cover drainage hole. 



B. Fill with soil. 



C. Depth to cover bulb. 



D. Watering. 



3. Place to keep flower pot. 



A. Dark. 



B. Cool. 



C. What happens here. 



D. Time to keep here. 



4. Later care in schoolroom. 

 Application — 



Let the children do the work of planting the bulb, and encourage them to 

 plant bulbs at home. Suggest that if they want to give a new kind of 

 Christmas present, they can start the Chinese lily bulb about the middle 

 of November and it will begin to bloom about Christmas, and may then 

 be given as a present. 

 Materials — 



Flower pots, soil, bulbs of daffodil; pictures of daffodil flower. 



THE MOON 



Fifth Grade — Winter 

 Child's Problem — 



In what ways is the moon different from the sun? 

 Outline of Development — 



1. Size. 



2. Temperature. 



3. Relation to earth. 



4. Motions. 



5. Times of rising and setting. 



6. Position in sky. 



7. Portion visible. 

 Application — 



Have children make close observations on the changes in time of the rising 

 and setting of the moon and sun and note differences. 

 Materials — 



Diagram on board or chart showing relative position and distances of sun 

 and moon with reference to earth ; circles showing relative sizes of sun and 

 moon. Pictures of the surface of the sun and moon. 



TUBERCULOSIS 



Sixth Grade — Winter 

 Child's Problem — 



In what ways are tuberculosis germs carried from sick to well persons? 

 Outline of Development — 



1 Flies. 



2. Milk. 



