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which enable you to determine which is the best method 

 of cleaning a room. A written report giving all data by 

 which you have reached your conclusions and including 

 interesting facts learned by your study completes your 

 project. 



In order that you may be able to choose some one project 

 in which you will be interested, a suggested list of projects 

 follows at this time. These projects will be mentioned 

 again in connection with the chapters with which they are 

 connected. But since projects require planning and often 

 a considerable length of time to work out, you should choose 

 your projects now and begin to plan work on them at once. 

 In this way you will be ready to report to the class at the 

 right time. 



A LIST OF SUGGESTED PROJECTS 



1. To learn the advantages of renting and of owning one's home. Page 24. 



2. To make a home laboratory. Page 39. 



3. To discover and remedy harmful effects of air about the home. Page 39. 



4. To increase my lung capacity. Page 56. 



5. To secure pure air in my bedroom. Page 57. 



6. To prepare for life saving where artificial respiration must be used. 



Page 57. 



7. To make a lift pump. Page 74. 



8. To see how much water is wasted by dripping faucets. Page 74. 



9. To see what nutrients are in the foods commonly used in my home. 



Page 90. 



10. To obtain starch from potatoes. Page 90. 



11. To plan for economical buying for our family for one week. Page 91. 



12. To test and preserve eggs for home use. Page 115. 



13. To pasteurize the home milk supply. Page 116. 



14. To exterminate flies from my home. Page 131. 



15. To prepare myself to keep the house plumbing in order. Page 144. 



16. To compare my daily use of time with an ideal plan. Page 158. 



17. To form correct health habits. Page 159. 



18. To make a house thermometer. Page 175. 



19. To qualify as an expert heating device operator in my home. Page 188. 



