HOME NATURE-STUDY COURSE. 



The Nature-Study work has been conducted along two quite different 

 Hues : First, the teaching of students in Cornell University who are 

 preparing themselves to be teachers ; second, the preparing of lessons for 

 the training classes and teachers in New York State. 



TEACHING. 



The work in Cornell University proper consists of two courses. One 

 is a lecture course on the pedagogics of Nature-Study, which was regu- 

 larly attended by 15 students and 6 visitors. The other course in field 

 and laboratory work in Nature-Study was attended by 7 teachers. Of 

 those who have taken the Nature-Study work for the past year, 5 were 

 graduate students. 



EXTENSION. 



During the past year the University Extension work of this department 

 has consisted of four numbers of the Home Nature-Study Leaflet, aggre- 

 gating 120 pages and containing 40 lessons on nature topics. Some of the 

 subjects on which lessons have been prepared are mushrooms, weeds, 

 wild birds of agricultural importance, apples, the codling moth, trees, 

 and mosquitoes and how to exterminate them. There have also been 

 special lessons on turkeys, geese, and swine, besides lessons on astronomy 

 and the weather. Editions of 6,000 copies were printed. 



There were 1,629 pupils in the training classes in the high schools in 

 the State who received these Leaflets ; 3.340 teachers in the State received 

 them regularly; 441 libraries asked for and received the Leaflets, and 

 about 400 copies were sent to persons outside of the State. Besides these 

 regular recipients, there have been sufficient demands for the Leaflet so 

 that the supply is nearly exhausted. The communications received con- 

 cerning the extension work consisted of 618 postals and 1,332 letters. 



In addition to this work the lecturer has taught the training class in 

 the Ithaca High School, preparing them to take the Nature-Study 

 examination required by the State Department of Public Instruction. 



ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, 



Lecturer in Nature-Study. 

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