CONTENTS 



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 The Aim and Method of Nature Study 1-33 



The Object Lesson — Nature Study, distinguished from Informa- 

 tion, from Elementary Science — Nature Study defined — 

 It trains Volitional and Physical as well as Emotional 

 and Intellectual Powers — Preparation of the Teacher 1-8 



Observation and Experiment — Sequence of Steps in a Complete 

 Lesson — Modes of Expression : Language, Drawing, 

 Constructive Art — Correlations : Geography, Physiology, 

 Arithmetic, Agriculture, Manual Training, Domestic 

 Science, Literature and Art 8-18 



Topics to be selected through Interest — Subject Matter, 

 Nature, Animate and Inanimate — Attempting too much 

 defeats the Aim — Graded Courses of Study — Giving Nature 

 Study a place on the Time-table 18-23 



Preparing the Lesson; Books, Pictures, Apparatus, Collec- 

 tions — Record Books, method of making — Examinations. 23-33 



The Nova Scotia Course, General Directions 34-36 



Ontario and Manitoba Courses, General Directions 36-39 



Ontario, Form I ; Manitoba, Grades One and Two 39-42 



Suggestions : Animal Life by the Comparative Method— Cat 

 and Dog — Rabbit and Guinea Pig— Birds — Insect Life, 

 the Silkworm — Plants, Cultivation, Individual Proprietor- 

 ship — Inanimate Nature 42-52 



Ontario, Form II ; Manitoba, Grades Three and Four 52-55 



Suggestions : Life Studies suited to these grades — Horse and 

 Cow— Frogs and Toads : Eggs, Rearing the Tadpoles — 

 Habits and Uses of the Toad, of the Frog — Comparisons 55-72 



Ontario, Form III; Manitoba, Grades Five and Six 72-76 



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