344 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [10:9— Dec, 1914 



Rabbit (reviewed from second year) . Add habits, also relatives. 



December, January, February 

 Earth Study 

 The wind: kinds, velocity, direction; associate winds and 

 weather. 



Show compass ; explain its use. Keep a board record (made by 

 class) of the wind for a month. 



Give pupils an idea of relation between seasons and the kind of 

 weather which prevails. 



Miscellaneous 

 Com and other grains used in bread-making. 

 Bread: the usual ingredients; kinds. 



Experimental 

 Teach terms "liquid" and ''solid". 

 Heat experiments. 



1. How produced: (a) friction; {h) striking. How fire was 

 produced in old times. 



Talk about matches. 



2. Effects of heat on solids: (a) become red hot; (6) soften; 

 {c) melt, become liquids. 



3 . Effects of heat on liquids : (a) causes boiling ; steam results ;. 

 causes disappearance in time. 



Study of the thermometer; ability to read correctly. 



Crystals: (a) Various minerals, giving idea of size, shape and 

 color of crystals; these are natural forms, (h) Review of snow 

 (second year); ice and frost compared with snow, {c) Rock 

 candy, {d) Salt, sugar, small crystals made from solutions dropped 

 on pieces of glass ; these crystals made by man. 



Forms of water; freezing and its results. 



Plant Life 

 The study of the flowering bulb. 



The cocoanut and how it grows. The Brazil nut and how it 

 grows. 



Germination of wheat, rye, oats, barley. (Class work.) 



