FOR THE use OF TEACHERS. 



No. 6. 



Leaflet 



On Nature Study. 



Especially Adapted to the Use of Children in Schools 

 IN Rural Districts. 



PREPARED BY THE 



FACULTY OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY. 



A CHAT ABOUT BUGS. 



By Prof. Stanley Coulter. 



I believe in using pencil and paper, so I want you to have them near 

 you while you are reading this leaflet. The first thing I want you to 

 do is to make a list of all the animals that you know live about ^-our 

 home. I do not mean domestic animals, such as sheep and pigs and 

 dogs, but wild animals, such as squirrels and rabbits. Write the names 

 in a column on the left side of tlic page. Now opposite each name tell 

 where the animal lives, whether in trees or caves or under ground, and 

 also tell what kind of food it eats. 



After you have done this make a similar list of the bird.s that live 

 about your home. 



ISTow try to make a list of the Lugs or insects that you know live 

 about your home, being sure to tell where they live and what kind of 

 food they eat. You cannot tell so much about them as about the ani- 

 mals and birds, can you? Of course, every boy and girl is interested 

 in animals and birds, they love to watch them and are constantly 

 trying to find out more about them, but I find very few boys and girls 

 or even grown-up people who are interested in what they call "bugs." 

 Now, I do not think "bugs" a very nice name, but we can afford to let 

 that pass because we know just what kind of animal we mean when 

 we use the term. I was talking the other day about insects to some 

 people, and when I got through one of them said: "I never knew 



