CHAPTER XXVII. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR WEATHER STUDY. 



IN a previous chapter general hints are given with regard 

 to weather study chiefly from the seasonal point of view, 

 and with reference to the compilation of local calendar 

 records. We shall now here summarise the more important 

 ways in which the various observations may be tabulated 

 and examined indoors, and indicate how the wider study 

 of the weather may be encouraged amongst the senior 

 pupils. 



As a preliminary exercise there should be explained to all 

 grades of pupils of suitable capacity, the latitude and alti- 

 tude above sea level of the school itself, the directions 

 N.,S.,E.,W., the altitude and direction of any hills, large 

 plantations, lakes, etc., within a five-mile radius of the 

 school. This information can be got from an Ordnance 

 Survey Map of the neighbourhood. Such a map upon a 

 reasonably large scale should hang upon the school-room 

 wall. Pupils in senior classes should reproduce a fairly 

 large plan drawn to scale of the relative positions of such 

 points as are suggested above. If thought desirable con- 

 tour lines might be introduced showing altitudes. * 



* There are many excellent suggestions which are on the best 

 lines as recognised for Nature Study to be found in Text-books on 

 Geography as taught by modern methods. 



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