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Crabs. Adapted for Grade 6 A 



ContainiiiK relatives of the common blue crabs 

 Slarfislie.i died IVurms. Adapted for Grades 4-1 and oA 



Containing typical species of tiie two groups 

 Sponaes and Corals. Adapted for Grades UA and .5,1 



Containing al)out fifteen species of corals and their relatives 

 Minerals and Rocl^.f. Adapted for Grades .3B and 4 A 



Containing twenty specimens of minerals and building stones. 

 Native Woods. .Vdnpled for Grades 2A anil oB 



Containing elm. hicltory, oak, maple, white liirch. ailantus, sweet-gum, sour-gum, 

 chestnut, sycamore. Specimens show cross, longitudinal anrl oblique 

 sections of the wood, characteristic bark, annual rings, etc. 



The method liy which the teucher olitains the eonectioiis has hecii made 

 as simple as possible. The Museum furnishes l)liinks upon whieli principals 

 make application for the collections and at tiie same time indicate the 

 sequence desired. Delivery is then made hy the Museum messengers who 

 call again at the end of the loan period, i. e. excry three or four weeks, 

 and make the second delivery. The wisdom of making these collections 

 loans instead of gifts has been repeatedly demonstrated. This method 

 keeps the Museum in frequent touch with the teachers and enal)les us to 

 understand their needs better. 



It is of course at the Museum that we are prepared to extend more 

 varied aid to the teachers. To facilitate the work of reaching the Museum, 

 the Museum in cooperation with its sister institutions of the city, has 

 issued a large map of New York City showing the locations of free educa- 

 tional institutions and the main transportation routes by which they are 

 reached. A copy of this map has been presented by the contributing 

 institutions to every public school in the city and its examination will 

 simplify the task of visiting the Museum. 



By making an appointment a few days prior to thi- \ isit to the Museum 

 an instructor will be provided who will guide the teacher and her pupils 

 through the halls, calling attention to the lessons taught by the exhibits. 

 Such visits may also be arranged in series to supplement classroom work 

 antl may be preceded or followed with h-etures 1)\ the instructor on the 

 subject under study. Through the aid of the instructor classes are enal)led 

 to make the best use of the time spent at the Museum. 



In some instances teachers prefer to give their i)Uj)ils sj^ecial talks or 

 lectures. For this purpose the ISIuseum has se\eral small classrooms 

 equipped with chairs, tables, blackboards and stereopticon which will be 

 reserved on request. In one of these rooms a teacher would l)e as much 

 undisturbed as in her regular schoolroom. 



The Museum possesses more than thirty-five thousand lantern slides, 

 of which about twelve thousand are colored. The field parties which the 

 Museum is sending to remote parts of the earth liriiiu' back photographic 



