INTRODUCTION 



Secure a copy of the outline of the course in natural science in the Ele- 

 mentary School of the University of Chicago 1 (or similar outline for other 

 schools 2 ). Look it over carefully to get a clear notion of the sort of work 

 you will be asked to do when you come to teach nature-study, for which 

 this course in part attempts to prepare you. 



Follow carefully the directions for collecting and studying the materials 

 suggested in the outlines. It is more important that you should acquire 

 correct methods of studying nature material and the point of view of the 

 self-reliant investigator than that you amass information. Answer all 

 questions asked and make all drawings and diagrams indicated in the notes 

 on the blank pages opposite the directions. Notes and diagrams are to be 

 in ink. Use Higgins' waterproof ink for the drawings, making them with a 

 fine drawing-pen. 



1 Published in the Elementary School Journal, Vol. XVIII (February, March, and 

 April, 1918); also reprinted under one cover and available at the School of Education 

 bookstore. 



3 See Nature-Study Review, Vol. X, No. 9 (December, 1914), and Vol. XI, No. 3 

 (March, 1915); also Illinois State Course of Study, published by C. M. Parker, Taylor- 

 ville, Illinois. 



