70 Lessons in Nature Study. 



How do they jump ? How do they fly ? Can they walk ? 

 Do they fly with fore or hind wings principally ? Why ? 



What kind of insect shall we call this ? Straight-winged. 

 Yes, we will call the grasshopper a straight-winged insect. 



Draw the head, front view, side view, top view. Draw 

 each leg. Draw the wings. Draw the insect with wings 

 spread. Draw him side view. 



Write what you know about grasshoppers ; where found, 

 food, habits, and describe the insect as fully as possible. 



Note to Teacher. I would not kill and dissect any 

 insects. Biology is too advanced for children ; besides, it 

 teaches a moral lesson to be kind to every living thing. I 

 would not go so far, however, as to condemn the study of 

 parts of dead insects. When it becomes necessary to kill 

 such things, do it by the shortest and easiest method, viz., 

 drop a few drops of naphtha, gasoline, or benzine on the 

 insect and it will kill him instantly. I have seen a beetle 

 transfixed with a pin to a door struggle and suffer for days, 

 while the children looked on and got enjoyment from it. 

 In all our dealings with animals and children we should 

 constantly keep before us the fact that our lessons must 

 have not merely an informational aim, but above all they 

 should have an ethical aim ; and when a child is constantly 

 made familiar with the killing of living creatures his better 

 nature canuot help being seriously affected by it. 



A Talk about the Wal'king-stick. 



I fancy when you look at this slender fellow you will say : 

 "Here is a creature that looks like an insect so far as the 

 legs and jointed body goes, but you told us that the bodies 

 of insects are always divided into three parts, and this one 

 has more than three parts to his body. Besides, this creat- 

 ure has no wings." Well, it does seem so at first sight, but 

 if you will remember that the legs and wings are always at- 

 tached to the thorax (chest or middle part) you will have 

 no difficulty in seeing that this insect has also a three-parted 

 body. 



