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ture, or any other subject, a science ? 4. What are some of the things 

 which a farmer must understand in order to be scientific ? 



Section 6. 1. What is meant by "getting your time's worth"? 

 Does this seem to you more important than getting your money's 

 worth? Why? 2. What are some of the reasons for studying 

 plants? 3. Do you feel a personal interest in plant life? Why? 

 (Note : One excellent reason for your being interested in anything is 

 simply because you are interested in it. It is not necessary to under- 

 stand an interest in order to possess it. But our interests are of more 

 value to us when we understand them than when we do not.) 4. What 

 do some of the facts about plant life indicate with reference to all 

 life? 5. State the advantages which the study of plants has over 

 any study which requires memory alone. 



Section 7. 1. What are the two ways in which you are to study 

 about plants ? Describe them. 2. Which of these methods is more 

 useful in the acquirement of knowledge ? Why ? 3. Which of these 

 methods is more useful in acquiring the habit of thinking for your- 

 self? Why? 4. Give an example of learning by the scientific 

 method in your life outside of school. 



Section 8. 1. Write a brief statement of your present ideas of 

 how plants live. 2. What is botany? 3. Describe the method of 

 plant study suggested in this section. 4. Have you used this method 

 in other kinds of school work ? Have you used it outside of school ? 

 Give examples. 5. What materials are necessary for the first lesson ? 

 6. What is meant by yourself awake? 7. What are the things you 

 are to do in this lesson ? 8. What is the purpose of the drawing and 

 writing ? 9. What are the two great kinds of work which all living 

 things have to do ? 



Section 9. 1. In what ways will your later studies differ from 

 your first studies ? 2. Why is it that in studying one part of a plant 

 you learn about other parts ? 



Section 10. 1. What two things, indispensable to science, do we 

 aim to secure by the keeping of a notebook ? 2. State the point of 

 the quotation from Huxley. 3. What are the principal qualities 

 which notes must have in order to be of value to the maker ? 4. Have 

 you ever found that writing helps you in thinking ? Give an example. 

 Section ii. i. Why is a textbook necessary in this course? 2. 

 Compare purpose of study of book with purpose of study in laboratory. 



