Nature and Science for Young Folks* 



BEGINNING with the January (1900) 

 number, St. NichoIvAS is devoting- 

 several pages each month to a new 

 department, in which the fascinating 

 facts and phases of natural science are 

 clearly presented by Mr. Edward F. 

 Bigelow, A.M., editor of Popidar Science. 



Mr. Bigelow has been for ten years a 

 teacher. He believes in taking a child 

 first to nature, and supplements school- 

 room instruction by taking the pupils 

 out into the woods and fields. His work 

 has been appreciated by instructors and 

 greatly enjoyed by the young people of 

 the schools which he has visited. 



Outdoor study and scientific investiga- 

 tion are now sanctioned and encouraged 

 everywhere. New York State makes a 

 large appropriation for this object, and it 

 is a part of nearly every school curricu- 

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Out-of-Door Schools 



Is the subject of a fully illustrated article 

 in the January number of ST. Nicholas, 

 describing the work done in Washington, 

 D. C, where classes study plants and 

 animals, history, government, geogra- 

 phy, science and art in the parks, fields, 

 woods, libraries, public buildings and art 

 galleries of the city This article is 

 illustrated with twelve large photographs 

 of groups of children engaged in out-of- 

 door study. 



The Pfogramof **St. Nicholas'' 



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