Outline of Nature -Study 



For use in the Elementary School of the 

 State Normal School, Mankato, Minn. 



PREPARED BY 



GILBERT H. TRAFTON 



(Copyright 19 15) 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Introduction 93 



Aims of Nature-Study 95 



Materials available for Nature-Study . 99 



Methods of teaching Nature-Study loi 



Relation of Nature-Study to other subjects. 105 



Basis of organization of the outline 106 



Brief Synopsis of Outline no 



Detailed Outline by Topics and Problems, Arranged according 



to Grades and Seasons. 



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First Grade 118 



Second Grade 122 



Third Grade 126 



Fourth Grade 132 



Fifth Grade 137 



Sixth Grade 144 



Seventh Grade 152 



Eighth Grade 159 



Series of Type Lessons, One for Each Grade 163 



