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SECOND GRADE. 



SEPTEMBER. 



PLANTS. 



Compare growth of twigs of different trees, of different years. Oak, 

 elm, pine. 



Relation of insects to leaves as food, as nests, as depositories for 

 eggs. Prevailing color in same leaves. Plants storing food. 



ANIMALS. 



Migration of birds. Compare coats of squirrel and rabbit as to tex- 

 ture, color, distribution, warmth, protection. Habits of grasshop- 

 pers. Observe caterpillars spin cocoons. Prepare an ants' nest. See 

 fifth grade. 



MINERALS. 



Visit a stream; forces acting upon pebbles; formation of marbles. 

 ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY. 



Daily record of day, date, frost or dew, direction of wind, clouds 

 or fogs, rainfall, temperature. Moon's phases, rising and setting sun. 

 Locate places in the horizon where the sun rises and sets. 



NOTE. Weather Records should be kept from year to year and differences in 

 growth of different years should be referred to variations in atmospheric condi- 

 tions. 



Observations of life infesting trees continued. 



Record of migration of birds same as Grade I. 



Study squirrel and rabbit as to shape of body, head, ears, mouth, legs and paws. 



Oak, pine, turnips, parsnips store food for animals. 



Remove an ant hill to a glass fruit jar and cover with brown paper. Food 

 sugar. By removing the paper, halls, 'galleries, and habits may be observed. 



Place larvae of insects in an empty chalk-box containing leaves on which they 

 feed. Slide piece of glass in the top that the feeding and spinning cocoons may 

 be observed. Record dates. 



OCTOBER. 

 PLANTS. 



Preparation of twigs for winter; disappearance of sap, drying 

 leaves; falling leaves, scars; location and arrangements of buds; struc- 

 ture of seed for distribution wings, pappus, hooks. Color of seeds. 



