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A great deal of material is given out to nature study classes. 
For this study material we have had during the year about 250 
requests from 165 schools and institutions such as the Girl Scouts, 
School Nature League, Children’s Museum, Lawrence Public 
School, and Cedarhurst Elementary School. The material varies 
much in nature, from the loan of our flower models to seed dis- 
from sphagnum moss to twig mounts; from 
persal material ; 
During the past summer, 
mounted leaf specimens to live plants. 
one of our high school boys was engaged to press and mount speci- 
mens of leaves which represent the trees mentioned in the Syllabus 
for Nature Study for Grades 1-6 of the New York City schools 
These mounts, properly labeled, were distributed to a number of 
schools and Nature Rooms in order to find out if such mounts 
would be of any real value for classroom nature work. Numerous 
letters were received expressing appreciation of this service and 
of the material supplied, which is to be kept as part of a permanent 
collection of study material. 
CLASSWORK 
The Department has tried the following new experiment with 
visiting classes. It has been our aim to present such work that 
it shall be a part of the regular classwork prepared for by the class 
on afterward in regular class 
before coming to us and carried 
the lessons of 
In order to help insure this carry-over, 
arranged in monthly series for 
bject for Grade 3 
sessions. 
last spring and this past fall were 
three successive months for Grades 3-6; one su 
in one month, another subject for the same grade for the next 
This plan was arranged 
month, and another for the third month. 
series, but 
so as to encourage the same class to come for the whole 
were so arranged that they had no relation one to the 
tie-up was entirely with the Course of Study; so, if a 
come only once, continuity was not broken. A most 
Some schools sent all these 
the subjects 
others edilie 
grade could 
encouraging response came from this. 
erades, 3-6, once a month for three months. Other schools sent 
every single grade in the school for one session. Over 40,000 
children came in contact with us in this way. There was much 
enthusiasm shown by both teachers and pupils. The results, in 
class work, were most gratifying. Some schools went even farther 
