124 Lessons in Nature Study. 



sweet bottle scalds alcohol 



flame crush bend inside 



lamp pulp tube 



Some of the above may be too difficult for the youngest 

 children ; the teacher's judgment must determine what to 

 use. 



Language. 



I. Simple sentences descriptive of what has been done 

 are enough for lowest pupils. Care must always be taken 

 to see that capitalization and punctuation are attended to. 



II. Older pupils should describe the experiments more 

 fully, first orally, later in writing, and great care paid to the 

 sentences and paragraphs. It is well to alternate the les- 

 sons, having a day or two intervene between two consecutive 

 lessons, and having the language lesson on each follow it. 

 This will be good to strengthen the memory also. 



This series is especially adapted to graded schools, but 

 can be used with advantage in ungraded ones. 



Number. 



1. One apple contains 6 seeds ; how many seeds in 4 

 apples? in 9 apples? in 12 apples? etc. 



2. If there were 7 seeds in an apple, how many apples 

 would it take to give me 14 seeds ? 28 seeds ? 84 seeds ? 

 etc. 



3. If we get 3 bubbles of gas in i minute, in how many 

 minutes will we get 20 bubbles ? 



4. How many bubbles will we get in 20 minutes ? 



5. From i apple we obtained 3 drops of alcohol ; how 

 many apples would it take to give 100 drops ? 



6. Other and simpler problems as well as more difficult 

 ones will readily suggest themselves to any teacher. 



These lessons furnish, ist, valuable observations in 

 nature ; 2d a basis of lessons in spelling, language, and 

 number ; 3d a good opportunity to teach temperance from 

 both its scientific and its moral side. 



