NATURE STUDY AND AGRICULTURE 



Practical Nature Study and Elementary- 

 Agriculture 



A Manual for the Use of Teachers and Normal Students. 

 By John M. Coulter, Director of the Department of 

 Botany, University of Chicago; John G. Coulter, 

 Professor of Biology, Illinois State Normal University; 

 Alice Jean Patterson, Department of Biology, in 

 charge of Nature Study, Illinois State Normal University. 

 i2mo, cloth, ^1.35 net. 



This book is an attempt, on very practical lines, to help the 

 teacher of nature study to become more independent in his work, 

 and to make his work more definite. The volume has grown out 

 of the experience of the authors. The material has largely been 

 used in regular class work, and found efficient under conditions 

 similar to those of the average school. 



Part I is devoted to presenting the principles of nature study, 

 its mission and spirit, as well as the dangers which the study entails 

 and how to avoid them. It is practically a guide to the teaching of 

 nature study. Part II contains a detailed topical outline by grades 

 and seasons of the materials used in nature study in the training 

 school at the Illinois State Normal University. Its definite outlines 

 of work will be of important service to teachers who are called upon 

 to handle the subject with slight previous training. Part III is 

 principally devoted to an outline course for elementary agriculture 

 in the seventh and eighth grades, with most of the lessons worked 

 out in detail. These lessons have all satisfactorily met the test 

 of class-room use. Part IV comprises certain chapters on more 

 general topics — material which will prove serviceable for teachers 

 whose general science training has been slight or is lacking entirely. 

 The aim is to provide a scientific point of view of the materials and 

 principles which are to be used in the work. 



The study of this exceedingly practical book, the aim of which 

 is to aid in making nature study practical under present teaching 

 conditions, should produce better teachers and more enlightened 

 students. 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 



NEW YORK CHICAGO 



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