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and in the discovery of new facts; (e) develop the 

 idea of class, order, genus, species, with their characters. 



5. POINT: Things differ because of difference (a) in 

 heredity, or difference in seeds; (b), because of differ- 

 ences in their surroundings; (c) these differences are 

 usually adaptations to conditions; (d) in case of dead 

 things, of course, other reasons apply. 



6. PRESENTATION: (a) Have pupils arrange their 

 results in the form of a comparative table like those 

 shown in Chapter IV, Section XII ; (b) from the table 

 let the pupil write definitions of the forms compared, 

 stating the class characters, etc., as shown by the table; 

 (c) teach pupil how to use the dictionary in identify- 

 ing forms. (See Chapter IV, Section XIII.) 



7. PREPARATION FOR NEXT STEP: Ask pupils to 

 discover whether similar objects are associated in 

 groups or whether scattered. 



8. NOTE: (a) What is the effect when a living thing 

 is not adapted to the conditions amid which it is placed? 

 (b) Can a living thing in nature be out oj harmony 

 with its environment? (c) What about man? 



PROGRAM FOR STEP IV (Field Lesson). 



Motto: "Work should never be treated as if it were 

 play, nor play as if it were work" Rosenkranz. 



