BIRD-PROTECTION IN THE SCHOOLS 313 



Sixth Grade Spring. 



Topic, Size of Birds. (A review lesson.) 

 Child's problem. 



How do our common birds compare in size with the 



English sparrow and the robin? 



Write on the board a list of the birds that the children know. 

 Then put the following table on the board and have the 

 children fill in the names of the birds in the proper col- 

 umns: 



Sixth Grade Spring. 



Topic, Open Boxes for Robin and Phoebe. 



Materials, pictures and nests of the robin and the phoebe; 



samples or pictures of open houses. 

 Child's problem. 



How may we get a pair of robins or phoebes to nest in 

 our yard and help destroy the injurious insects in our 

 gardens? 

 Outline of development. 



1. Kind of material to make house of. 



2. Size of house. 



3. Shape of house. 



4. Number of open sides. 



5. Place to put out. 

 Application. 



Encourage children to make them and put out in their 

 yards. Have one made for the school-yard. 

 Correlated work. 



These boxes may be made in connection with the manual- 

 training department. 

 Sixth Grade Spring. 

 Topic, Work of the Audubon Societies. 

 Materials, samples of the leaflets published by the Aubudon 



