NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



115 



COMPOUND LEAF 



PRACTICAL WORK AND APPLICA- 

 TION 



1. Hold to light or paste on window 

 pane, a maple or a tulip leaf. Let class 

 notice direction of veins. Tell them you 

 can tell how many seed leaves plant has 

 by noticing veining. 



2. Draw a simple and a compound 

 leaf. 



3. What is the use of a leaf to a plant ? 

 How many parts to a leaf? What is a 

 simple leaf ? Name one. What is a com- 

 pound leaf ? Name one. How do the 

 veins run in a lily leaf ? 



THE PLANT 



CLASS 40 pupils. 

 AGES 9 to 10. 

 TIME 30 minutes. 



to teach parts of plants. 



AIM 



to cultivate power of observation, love of nature. 



MATTER 



I. ROOT 



Nature 



Use 



Part of plant growing 



downward. 

 Formed of rootlets. 

 Lives in ground. 

 To feed plant. 

 To hold firmly in ground. 



METHOD AND ILLUSTRATION 



I. Show class a plant growing in pot 

 (one that can easily be removed). Let 

 them observe the freshness, stiffness 

 of stem and leaves. Compare with dead 

 plant: leaves flabby, colorless. Com- 

 pare with plant gathered and left to dry 

 on table. What has happened ? Why ? 

 Question class as to what holds plant so 

 firmly in ground. Pull it from soil and 

 show root, fibrous ; compare with root 

 of turnip, carrot (which may also be 

 shown). Refer to the plant left on table. 

 Elicit second use of root. 



