NATURE STUDY 



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INTRODUCTION 



The course of Nature Study outlined in the following 

 pages has already been subjected to the test of practical 

 application in the schoolroom, with excellent results. 

 I believe that it may be pursued with profit to teacher 

 and pupil in any one of the first four years of school life, 

 and in any school however poorly equipped. 



It is planned chiefly to meet the needs of the ordinary 

 grade teacher in the public schools of a city. It is de- 

 signed as an answer to two questions Avhich she will 

 probably ask herself when invited to undertake this 

 Avork — questions which may present themselves so force- 

 fully as to be received as insuperable objections to the 

 further consideration of the matter : 



" Can I teach this subject without scientific training ? " 



" Where can I gather material on the asphalt pave- 

 ments and within the brick walls of a city ? "' 



The course here presented does not presuppose special 

 training on the part of the teacher, nor special facilities 

 for the collection of material. It does, however, take for 

 granted a strong desire on her part to do this work, a 

 lively belief in its efticacy, and an earnest effort to be- 

 come better acquainted with the familiar, yet to most of 

 us unknown face of nature. 



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