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Scheme B. 



Suggestions for a Two-yeab Scheme to be taken by all Pupils. 



(An alternative scheme would be the first two years of Scheme A.) 



This scheme comprises the essentials which it is considered should be taught to 

 every boy and girl without relation to any special examination requirements. It has 

 been framed as introductory to studies of vital importance and interest which may be 

 followed up by reading, making possible an intelligent interest in the progress of 

 modern thought and of health legislation, local and national. 



The tandem arrangement has been adopted as a method of approach alternative 

 to that followed in Scheme A, and as a further alternative the study has been com- 

 menced with the simpler forms. It should be stated however, that, with one dis- 

 sentient, the members of the committee prefer the intimate association of the animal 

 and plant throughout the course of study, and that the course should commence with 

 the higher forms. 



It is expected that some Nature Study work will already have been done at an 

 earlier age, and it is understood that throughout the course every opportunity of 

 studying the living animal will be utilised. 



First Year (12 plus). 



The work of this year should consist of : — 



1. The study of a graded series of animals beginning with Amoeba and including 

 also Paramecium, Hydra, Insect with metamorphosis, and Frog, and leading up to a 

 knowledge of human physiology. At every step reference should be made to parallel 

 processes in the human organism. 



2. A study of plants beginning with the simplest green plants, including Protococcus 

 and Spirogyra, exemplifying plant nutrition and culminating with the flowering 

 plant. The substance of the plant portion of Section (a) of the Syllabus for First 

 and Second years in Scheme A should be included here. 



Second Year (13 plus). 



The work of this year should consist of : — 



1. A more detailed study of human physiology associated with the dissection of 

 a small mammal such as a rat. (It would be sufficient for the teacher to show already 

 dissected specimens.) 



2. A study of plants which afiord food material to man and whose products are 

 used in industries and manufactures. 



