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(e) What of its times of setting night by night ? 



(f) In what direction from us was it at sunset when it had become 

 a "half moon?" How many degrees (or what part of a circle) was 

 it then from the sun? 



2. (a) When the moon had become "full," at what time did it rise? (b) 



What part of a whole circle was it then from the sun? (c) How 

 long a time since it was first seen as a "new moon?" How long 

 since it was a half moon? (d) What was true of the times of rising 

 of the full moon night after night ? (e) How long from one full 

 moon to the next? (f) When the moon was a "half moon," what 

 fraction of this time had elapsed since the moon was "new?" 

 (g) Which "quarter" is complete when the moon is full? 



3. If the moon shall have been observed mornings before daylight : 



(a) What of its change of form (phase) from morning to morn- 

 ing? 



(b) In which direction from the sun is the moon now? 



(c) What of its distance from the sun morning to morning? 

 W T hat must become true in several days time? 



(d) When a half moon is seen in the morning, through which 

 "quarter" has it passed? To what phase does it come at the end 

 of the 4th quarter? Why do we not see the moon then for a time? 



-1. With the moon full and rising at sunset, what is the position of 

 earth with reference to the sun and moon? At the time of "dark 

 moon" what is direction of sun and moon from us? Which side 

 of moon as lighted by the sun is toward us? What causes the 

 return of the moon ? What kind of body must the moon be as to 

 giving off light of its own (luminous or non-luminous?) 



5. When the moon was new, what of its place of setting as compared 



with that of the sun ? What when full ? 



6. How many full moons in a year? Why the "months" of our calen- 



dars ? 

 [Make use in connection with these lessons of such selections as:"Wyn- 

 ken, Blynken and Nod" (Eugene Field) ; "The New Moon" (Mrs. Follen) ; 

 "The Silver Boat"; "The Wind and the Moon." (Geo. MacDonald.)] 



[Editor's Note. In the above outline for lessons on the 

 moon Professor Brownell has given Uo some very useful sug- 

 gestions for a very practical kind of nature-study. Of course 

 some people will object because this includes "everything from 

 the sun and moon to grasshoppers" in nature-study; and others 

 will say that this is not nature-study but geography." Call it 

 either nature-study or geography, if you want to, provided you 

 teach it by the observational method suggested; but be sure to 

 call it geography or something other than nature-study if you teach 

 it as book work. Certainly there are possibilities for good ob- 

 servational work. And as to bringing "even the moon" into 



