176 Language Through Nature 



Lesson 1 1 3 

 WOODS AND THEIR USES 



Mention some of the trees from which we get much of the 

 wood used in building. 



Tell what you know about the wood we get from each tree. 

 In building a house, where are strong, heavy timbers needed? 

 What kind of wood may be used for clap-boards, laths, and 

 shingles ? 



What do you know about the ways of measuring wood, and 

 the value of the different kinds ? 



In what places are woods that are beautiful in color and 

 grain used ? 



Tell what you know about the value of these woods, and 

 about the places from which they come. 



Mention articles for which wood that bends is needed. 

 Tell of any places in a house where you think very hard 

 wood would be of most service. 



Mention places besides houses in which wood of great 



strength is needed. Describe 

 one of these places. 



What do we call the 

 man who builds with 

 wood? 



Why does he need 

 tools? 



Make cuttings or 

 drawings to sJww tools 

 used in ^working wood. 

 Make pictures showing 

 things in which we travel that 



Two uses of wood are Me fly made 



