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NA TURE-STUD Y REVIEW [11 :3— Mar., 1915 



V. New Life Among Animals. 



I. Development of toad's eggs. 

 Problem — 



What happens to the toad's eggs as they grow? 



VI. The Changing Season. 



1. Signs of spring. Booklet — Pictures of all the new happenings 



outside. 



2. Weather records for a month (March). Written records on black- 



board or chart (See fall outline). 



3. Study of changes in brook. Animal life in the brook. Picture of 



the brook in March and May. 

 Problems — 



Who has seen the greatest number of signs of spring? 

 What animals live in our brook? 



March 

 Give out seed envelopes. 

 Weather records. 

 Signs of spring. 

 Twigs of trees. 

 Plant seeds. 



Experiments with plants. 

 Changes in brook. 



Seasonal Order of Topics 



April 

 Bird calendar. 

 Flowers of elm. 

 Bird houses. 

 Bird club. 

 Flower calendar. 

 Hepatica. 

 Home garden. 

 Spring beauty. 

 Crocus. 



May 

 Toad's eggs. 

 Swift. 

 Oriole. 



Excursion for flowers. 

 Bird walks. 



Third Grade 



Fall 

 I. Nature's Autumn Colors. 



1 . Gathering wild flowers — excursions. Recall old flowers ; add new 



ones. 



2. Special study of the different kinds of wild asters; flower cousins, 



wild and cultivated asters. 



3. Comparison of fall and spring flowers. 



4. Gathering flowers from home and school garden; method of raising 



them. 



5. Special study of zinnia, the garden flower suggested for spring 



planting. 



6. Insects seen around flowers — butterflies, bees. 

 Problems — 



What new flowers can you find this fall? 



How many different kinds of asters can we find growing around here 



this fall? 

 How are the wild and cultivated asters alike? 

 How do the flowers we see now differ from those we saw last spring? 



