BIRD-PROTECTION IN THE SCHOOLS 313 



Sixth Grade — Spring. 



Topic, Size of Birds. (A review lesson.) 

 Child's problem. 



How do our common birds compare in size with the 

 English sparrow and the robin? 

 Write on the board a list of the birds that the children know. 

 Then put the following table on the board and have the 

 children fill in the names of the birds in the proper col- 

 umns: — 



Birds grouped according to size 



Larger than 

 the robin 



Same size as 

 the robin 



Between the 

 robin and 

 the sparrow 



Same size as 

 the sparrow 



Smaller than 

 the sparrow 



Sixth Grade — Spring. 

 Topic, Open Boxes for Robin and Phoebe. 

 Materials, pictures and nests of the robin and the phcebe; 



samples or pictures of open houses. 

 Child's problem. 

 How may we get a pair of robins or phcebes to nest in 

 our yard and help destroy the injurious insects in our 

 gardens? 

 Outline of development. 



1. Kind of material to make house of. 



2. Size of house. 



3. Shape of house. 



4. Number of open sides. 



5. Place to put out. 

 Application. 



Encourage children to make them and put out in their 

 yards. Have one made for the school-yard. 

 Correlated work. 

 These boxes may be made in connection with the manual- 

 training department. 

 Sixth Grade — Spring. 



Topic, Work of the Audubon Societies. 



Materials, samples of the leaflets published by the Aubudon 



