34 The Nature-Study Exhibition 



pupils are taught to draw, paint, and describe natural objects 

 may be mentioned. At the Liverpool Girls' High School, 

 for example, the Nature lessons and "lessons connected with 

 Nature-study " are as follows : — 



"Nature Lessons. 



Plants. 



a Buds. 



/3 Seedlings. 



7 Specimens from the Children's Gardens. 



8 Plants in the Aquarium. 



Animals under observation^ e.g. the development of— 

 (i) Tadpoles. 



(2) Silkworms. 



(3) Caddis grubs. 



(4) Newts : as well as 



Snails, Birds, and Nest-building. 



Lessons Connected with Nature-Study. 



Painting. 



Stages of buds and seedlings. 



Various flowers and animals used in the lessons. 



Drawing. 



Ordinary and Black-board drawing of the same. 



Memory drawing of objects observed at museums and so forth. 



Modelling. 



Modelling of the same subjects and in illustration of Geography 

 lessons." 



Field Work and Nature-Study 



The exhibits indicated that in a few schools in this 

 section Nature-study has received definite recognition as 

 part of the general teaching. As an illustration, the fol- 

 lowing account of Sexey's Trade School, Bruton, may be 

 quoted : — 



"(i) 'Nature-study' is, and has been for the last seven years, a de- 

 finite part of our curriculum, compulsory for all boys during school 

 hours. 



