102 HOW NATURE STUDY SHOULD BE TAUGHT 



those same boys and girls sit at the table and make 

 cross sections and vertical slices of some of those 

 apples, noting the structure, the relation of seeds, 

 cases, pulp and epidermis. That is science, and a 

 science not injured by previous " nature study." 



I would have the young folks climb on the ledge, 

 stand near the boulder, and have a general good- 

 time in fun and frolic. That is nature study. I 

 would tell them a little of the history of this ledge, 

 its relations to the surrounding country, its geo- 

 logical structure and perhaps its chemical compo- 

 sition. That is science. 



Enjoy the beautiful moonlight ; note the bright 

 stars and planets, and construct the fanciful 

 pictures of the constellation. That is nature 

 study. Tell of the surface of that moon, the dis- 

 tance of the stars, the various physical characters 

 of the planets. That is science. 



