FAIRBANKS] GEOGRAPHY AND NATURE-STUDY 185 



Biological and Physical 



Homes of the smaller wild animals of the neighborhood. The coverings 

 of these animals. The uses to which these coverings are put by man. 



Pets kept by the children, comparison of the kind of food which they eat, 

 and their bodily structure and habits. Dogs and wolves. Animal stories. 

 Wild animals once found in the neighborhood. Observation of the habits 

 of a few common birds. 



The effect of cold upon animals of different kinds. The effect of cold 

 upon small plants and trees. 



Excursions to ponds or streams to observe the living things in them. 



Plant several kinds of large seeds and note conditions necessary for their 

 sprouting. 



Talks about the plants that children have seen growing that are useful 

 for food, for medicinal purposes, or that are merely ornamental. 



Stories about the young of animals. 



Nature-myths as introductory to talks about the winds, the storms, and 

 heavenly bodies. 



Talks about rain, hail, snow, fog and clouds in connection with the ap- 

 pearance of these phenomena. 



Talks about direction, using the magnetic needle. 



The gathering of stream or shore pebbles and talks about them. 



Nature-Study — Second Giade 



Institutional and Industrial 



Talks about fishing and the means employed for catching fish by both 

 civilized and primitive peoples. Kinds of fish in the home market and 

 where caught. How fish and other meats are preserved. 



Talks and stories about people who live by hunting and fishing. Why 

 such people do not have permanent homes. Conditions of pastoral life. 

 Why we are enabled to have permanent and costly homes. 



Continuation of the work of making primitive utensils. Make sun-dried 

 bricks. 



Discuss various uses of trees. 



Read Hiawatha and discuss his ways and means of doing. 



Stories of life and adventure in new lands, especially those dealing with 

 children. Stories of child life in other countries. Stories and poems re- 

 lating to holidays and the heroes of the nation. 



Biological 



How animals were domesticated. With aid of pictures and visits to 

 zoological collections, compare our domestic animals with the nearest re- 

 lated wild ones. 



Observations and talks upon the familiar animals that store up food. 

 The migrating animals familiar to the children. Chickens and ducks as 

 adapted to different conditions, their food and method of procuring it. 



Observations upon the life-history of a silk-worm or other moth; prepa- 

 ration of silk. 



