ioo Education through Nature 



1. PREPARATION: (a) Determine beforehand where 

 the object studied can be found; (b) let pupils know 

 before taken out what the purpose of the exercise is. 



2. TIME: From one to several periods or whole days. 



3. METHOD: (a) Discovery; (b) investigation; 

 (c) confirmation, (i), (2), (9) Chapter II, Sec- 

 tion IX. 



4. AIM: (a) To discover new facts; (&) to find 

 answers to some problems that have arisen in pre- 

 ceding steps; (c) to confirm conclusions already 

 reached; (d) to cultivate interest and appreciation; 

 (e) to train in close observation; (/) form some habits 

 of. the naturalist; (g) to develop a consciousness of 

 relationship and harmony in nature; (h) enjoyment; 

 (i) make collections of specimens. (See Part II, 

 Chapter IV, Section XI.) 



5. POINT: (a) Species and varieties have similar- 

 ities and differences correlated with difference in 

 habits, and with differences in their relation to en- 

 vironment; (b) living things often form societies or 

 colonies, the conditions of which are interesting sub- 

 jects for study. 



6. PRESENTATION: (a) Dictate a few leading ques- 

 tions to which answers are to be found; (b) let pupils 

 understand that they will be called on next day for 

 their answers; (c) accompany pupils to the locality 

 selected. (See Chapter IV, Section XIII.) 



7. PREPARATION FOR NEXT STEP: Encourage pupils 

 to bring such things from home as may be of use in 

 their experiments. 



8. NOTE : (a) What connection is there between plant 

 and animal societies and human society? (b) En- 

 courage pupils to preserve specimens bearing on the 

 questions discussed. 



