NATURE-STUDY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 



Water. — Study of a brook from its source to its mouth. 



Water seeks its own level ; springs ; gravity ; why a brook 

 flows. 



How a brook looks and acts when it works and plays. 



How and what it digs and carries. Where it finds its 

 load. 



Where and why it drops its load; what it drops first; 

 last; how this builds up land. 



What it does with stones. Pot holes. Gravel banks. 



The current, its effect upon bends in the stream, steep 

 hillsides; level areas; plowed lands; meadows and pasture 

 lands. 



Water as a sorter and carrier. Stream deltas. 



The study of water in a dam, or pool. Compare to pond 

 or lake. 



How to map the brook showing its course from source to 

 mouth or a section of it ; also a small map showing the stream 

 and the regions through which its waters flow to reach the 

 sea. 



Study the plants that are in the brook or on its banks, the 

 trees near it, the animals living near it or in it. This includes 

 fish, toads, frogs, insects, etc. 



What birds aboimd near it? Show these on the map. 



The Water Boys. 



