APPENDIX 185 



MOTHS, BUTTERFLIES, CATERPILLARS. Breeding-cages and food; egg, size 

 and development; growth of caterpillars; feeding and moulting; 

 cocoons, or chrysalides, how made, of what. Life habits of 

 adult moth or butterfly. 



DEVELOPMENT of eggs of toads, frogs, or salamanders. 



DEVELOPMENT of mosquito from egg to adult. 



ELECTIVE. 



SELECT two subjects from the Elective List No. 1 (see posted). 

 SELECT one subject from an outside source. 



Second Grade. 

 PRESCRIBED. 



Use the same topics given for the First Grade, extending the observations. 

 and varying the problems given to be solved. Add to this list: 



FUNGI. Their manner of growth; the various forms as given in the lessons; 

 positions in which found; their spore surfaces; discharge of spores; 

 growth of spores, etc. 



ANTS. Life history and habits studied from a nest kept in the school- 

 room, also by observations in the field. 



ELECTIVE. 



SELECT two subjects irom tne Elective List No. 1. 

 SELECT one subject from an outside source. 



Third Grade. 



PRESCRIBED. 



GRAPHITE. Properties, uses, comparison with lead and a few other min- 

 erals. 



LEAD PENCILS. Structure, grades, account of the making, use. 



POND LIFE. Jar aquaria, with some of the water insects; life, habits, 

 motions, etc. 



COVERINGS OF ANIMALS. Feathers, structure, form, uses; scales; hoofs; 

 claws; fur of different animals. All to be seen as adapted to the 

 conditions of the life of the different animals. 



