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Jack-in-the-pulpit family: Skunk cabbage, calla, Jack-in-the- 

 pulpit. 



Pea family : by means of wistaria or locust. 



Rose family : by means of fruit blossoms. 



Horsechestnut branch reviewed; other branches in classroom. 



Structure of a tree stem ; a bit of poplar stem ; cross sections of a 

 tree trunk; examination of wood cut in various ways; what is 

 meant by "grain" of wood. 



Arbor Day : review of forestry problems studied in lower grades. 



Seed planting in home gardens ; one cent packages ; propagation 

 of plants by cuttings ; a little discussion of what is meant by graft- 

 ing; pollination of flowers; Burbank and his work. 



N. B. — One excursion in the country or park — ^half day. Use 

 observations there for lessons in school. 



One or more lessons with magnifying glasses or microscope may 

 be given during the term. 



The Nature-Study Course of the Elementary School 



Presented by Otis W. Caldwell 



The School of Education, The University of Chicago 



This outline is the result of several years of experiment, during 

 which many changes have been made in the content of the course, 

 the methods of work, the grades in which certain topics are used, 

 in the correlations of this work with other subjects, and in the 

 unification of the work through the different grades. A good many 

 teachers and several supervisors have made contributions to the 

 organization of the course, hence the course cannot be regarded as 

 the work of any one person. That the course will undergo further 

 changes, is expected by all who are following the effort to develop 

 the course by means of the relatively slow process of persistent 

 trial in the classroom. 



It is recognized that pupils in the lower grades respond most 

 readily to nature studies which permit them to develop a wide 

 acquaintance with nature. They are not interested in intensive 

 studies and cannot be held profitably for long periods by such 

 studies, but will learn to know a large number of common things 

 if allowed concrete contact with them. In the intermediate grades 



