148 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1917, 
IX. Typrcau Scrence Coursss. 
Experience has shown that the most useful function a committee 
on science teaching can perform is to present schemes of work which 
can be carried out practically. Examples of the influence of such 
schemes are afforded by the Reports on Teaching Chemistry presented by 
Committees at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1889 and Leeds 1890, and the 
Report on the Teaching of Elementary Mathematics presented at the 
Belfast meeting in 1902. The effects of these Reports have been so 
beneficial and far-reaching that the present Committee is hopeful that 
the specimen courses here submitted will have a like influence upon 
science teaching. It is not suggested that the schemes should be 
prescribed for any particular schools, but rather that they should be 
considered as examples of courses which have been proved successful. 
