SCHOOL COURSES. 27 



II. ANIMAL STUDIES : 



The work detailed under this heading in the previous 

 course (Section II.) ought to be repeated this year with 

 such amplification or change as the circumstances call for. 



III. WEATHER STUDIES: 



A continuation of the work of the previous course, with 

 the addition of a simple chart to illustrate the rise and fall 

 of the thermometer as observed daily. The scholars should 

 be taught to take the reading. The teacher will keep the 

 chart, which should be drawn upon a large scale, and show 

 the relation between its rises and falls and corresponding 

 fluctuations of temperature. 



IV. CALENDARS : 



Similar work as for previous course, with a change of 

 illustrations. 



SUMMARY OF AIMS : 



These are as for the previous course, with the addition 

 of some details as to Nature's methods in Plant and 

 Animal Nutrition, general functioning, and Adaptation to 

 Environment. It need scarcely be pointed out that GREAT 

 FACTS can be learned by very young children although 

 their ears are not fit to hear the high-sounding terminology 

 we find necessary for ourselves. But here also our chief 

 aim is, through knowledge, to foster a love of NATURE. 



