ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART L AIM AND METHOD IN NATURE STUDY. 



CHAPTER I. 

 The Study of the Dandelion. 



PAGB 



I. ADVANTAGE OF BEGINNING DISCUSSION OF NATURE STUDY 



WITH A CONCRETE ILLUSTRATION 1 



II. STUDY OF STRUCTURE OF DANDELION AS AN ISOLATED THING 



A. Investigation and description of parts 3 



B. Educational aim and value of such study 8 



1. Broadens knowledge. 



2. Cultivates interest in wayside weed. 



3. Develops power of observation. 



4. Develops power of expression. 



III. STUDY OF DANDELION IN ITS RELATIONS TO ITS PHYSICAL 



ENVIRONMENT 9 



A. Structural or form relations . . 9 



1. Comparison with other plants 10 



a. Buttercup. 

 6. Thistle. 

 c. Anemone. 



2. Classification of the four plants 13 



3. Educational aim or value of such study of form 



relations 14 



a. Broadens knowledge. 



6. May increase and broaden interest in plants. 



c. May further develop power of observation. 



d. May train to express better. 



e. Develops power to compare, discriminate, and 



group or classify. 



4. Will such study meet the needs of pupils in ele- 



mentary schools ? 15 



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