496 RERQBT—1890. 
SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE II. 
Elementary 
Any of the following alternative courses may be chosen in schools in which the 
same subject is not taken up as a specific subject. The courses should be taught 
throughout the school by means of conversational object lessons in the lower 
standards, and more systematic instruction with the aid of text-books in the higher 
standards. 
The object lessons given in Standards I. and II. should include, in Mechanics, 
Botany, and Physics, some lessons on the phenomena of nature and of common life ; 
in Physiology, on the external structure and habits of animals; in Agriculture, on 
food substances, familiar animals, and common plants; in Domestic Economy, on the 
principal substances used for food and for clothing. Specimens of a few such topics 
are given. 
Standards I. and II. 
Course A. Mechanics 
Course B. Animal Physio- 
logy. 
|CourseC. Botany. . 
Course D. Principles of 
Agriculture, 
Course E. Chemistry . 
Course F. Sound, light, 
and heat. 
OourseG. Magnetism and 
electricity. 
Course H. Domestic Eco- 
nomy (girls). 
Thirty object lessons, e.g.— 
A pair of scales. A pair of bellows. A ham- 
mer. Aclock. Carriage wheel. Building of a 
house. Iron and steel. Gold. 
Thirty object lessons, e.g. on the external struc- 
ture and the habits of common animals. 
Thirty object lessons, e.g.— 
Tea. Sugar. Coffee. 
Potato. 
Cabbage. Carrot. 
Thirty object lessons, e.g.— 
The usefulness of the various animals kept on 
a farm, and how they repay kindness and care. 
Bees. Earth-worms. <A grain of wheat. Hay. 
Work inaforge. The work to be done on a farm 
in the different seasons. Gardening. Garden 
tools. 
Thirty object lessons on familiar objects, e.g. of 
the inorganic world. 
Thirty object lessons, e.g.— 
Bell. Trumpet. Tuning fork. 
Primary colours. Candle. A _ fire. 
water. Red-hot poker. 
Sunlight. 
Boiling 
Thirty object lessons, e.g.— 
Amber. Glass. Sealing-wax. 
Thirty object lessons on materials used for food, 
e.g.— 
Flour. Pree, veeetablee, Tea. Coffee. 
alt. 
Milk. Fruits. 
Standard III. 
Matter in three states : 
solids, liquids, and 
gases. 
The build of the human 
body. 
Characters of the root, 
stem, and leaves of a 
plant, illustrated by 
common flowering 
plants. 
The supply of plant food 
in the soil. 
Properties of the com- 
mon gases, such as 
oxygen, hydrogen, ni- 
trogen, and chlorine. 
The three modes in 
which heat may be 
conveyed from place 
to place. 
Attraction, repulsion, 
and polarity, as illus- 
trated by the magnet. 
Mariner's compass. 
Chief materials used in 
clothing and washing, 
eg.— 
Silk. Linen. Wool. Cot- 
ton. Fur. Leather. 
Washing materials. 
