194 Lessons in Nature Study. 



It is well to give some questions at the end of each month, 

 to be answered from the chart. Comparisons between two 

 consecutive months are helpful, and it often is very inter- 

 esting to compare a month of one year with the same month 

 of the next. 



LESSON ON THE WEATHER-CHART. 



The following questions on the chart for December, 1894, 

 were given as a language lesson : 



1. On what week-day did December begin? 



2. How many days in the month ? 



3. How many days were pleasant and warm (above 32) ? 



4. How many pleasant, but cold (below 32) ? 



5. How many cloudy days ? 



6. How many stormy ones ? 



7. On the average, was December cold or warm ? 



8. Cloudy or clear ? 



9. Stormy or not ? 



10. How many days had north winds ? 



11. South? 



12. East? 



13. West? 



14. Northeast ? etc. 



15. What days had no wind ? 



1 6. Judging from the December chart, does there seem 

 to be any truth in the saying that the weather of the first 

 three days forecasts the entire month ? 



17. How did the wind blow on the first Sunday ? 



18. Were the other Sundays like it as regards weather? 



19. Does there seem to be truth in the statement that all the 

 Sundays of a month are like the first Sunday of that month ? 



20. Can you discover any relation between the condition 

 of the weather and the direction of the wind ? 



21. In general, a south wind accompanies what kind of 

 weather ? 



22. What was the prevailing wind for the month ? 



23. On the average, was the month pleasant or unpleasant? 



24. Compare December with November and January. 



