39. Water for cleansing. (See Section 77.) 



a. Hard and soft water. 



Experiment 51. Hard and soft water. 

 Soap. 



b. The importance of bodily cleanliness. 



40. Plants need water. 



Experiment 52. The effect of water up- 

 on seeds and plants. 



41. Capillarity. 



a. In tubes and in porous bodies. 



Experiment 53. Examples of capillarity. 



b. In the soil. 



Experiment 54. How water is held in 



the soil. 



(This subject, Water, is continued in the work 

 for the sixth grade.) 



PLANTS AND ANIMALS. V. 



42. The testing of seeds. 



Experiment 55. Germination tests. 



43. The beginning of plant life. 



Experiment 56. How several of our 

 common vegetables start from their 

 seeds. "The pocket garden." 



44. The proper planting of seeds. 



Experiment 57. To show proper and im- 

 proper planting. 



45. Names and descriptions of the common birds. 



Experiment 58. The food of the common 

 birds. 



46. Names and descriptions of the domestic animals. 



