SPRING NATURE STU. 



" We put one bean plant in water. The color of this water was red. 

 Then in a few days the roots turned red. Then in a little while the 

 backs of the leaves turned red. The way they turned red was that 

 the red water went up through the roots up through the stem into the 

 leaves. The red gets into the root through the little hairs on the 

 root. 



" The root takes food to the leaves. The root takes in liquid food. 

 The use of the stem to the leaves is that it takes up food through it. 

 The sun makes the plant grow. Another use of the stem to the leaves 

 is that it holds the leaves up to the sun. The food that the plant 

 drinks is water. The food that it gets is all ground up in tiny pieces 

 in the water." ETHEL WILCOX, 



THIRD GRADE. 



GERMINATION OF THE MORNING GLORY. 



(Planned for the Third Grade.) 



This is the substance of an outline prepared by Miss 

 Kate Cambern, while a member of the author's class ; it has 

 been abridged and slightly modified by the author. 



LESSON I. THE LIFE IN THE SEED. 



Preparatory observation. Previous observation for a 

 week or more, with definite questions, of the early develop- 

 ment of seeds planted on damp paper. 



Step I. Protection during the winter. Read and dis- 

 cuss : 



" March nodded to Winter, * Good-bye! good-bye ! 

 Off to your home in the north you must hie. 

 Oh ! have you forgotten, under the snow, 

 The wee seeds are waiting, yes, waiting to grow ? ' 



They are Spring's little babies, and soon she'll be here, 

 Whispering her welcome to each baby dear ; 

 So I'll tidy the earth ; I'll sweep and I'll blow, 

 Getting it cleared for the flowers to grow." 



