1 88 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



Where on the twig was it found ? On what kind of 

 twig? [These buds are also preserved.] Are there 

 any other kinds of buds ? [The bottles of buds are 

 numbered, and the children from now till spring 

 frequently review their knowledge of these buds 

 and their suppositions in regard to them.] 



This branch on which the needles and buds 

 and cones grew may have something to tell us. 

 Notice carefully the curled-back covers of this 

 pointed bud. Do you find anything like this on 

 the twig? Where? How do you suppose those scales 

 came there? [The children are quick to catch the 

 idea that the bud left them when it began to 

 grow.] What did it grow into? (A little twig.) 

 How long? [The children usually suggest that 

 that is exactly what this pointed bud will grow 

 into.] If so, what must that be in the pointed bud? 

 (A little twig packed away in a very small trunk.) 

 And what was the green that you saw in the 

 bud ? (The leaves.) How long did it take this 

 three or four inches of twig to grow? (A year.) 

 [The children see that it must have taken many 

 years for the tree to become so large at that rate 

 of growth.] Look back and see if you can find 

 where another bud started. How old is that part 



