NATURE IN THE SCHOOLS 



The chief subjects now extended to Schools by The American 

 Museum of Natural History are: 



Nature Study 



Lessons from the Life of Land and Sea 



Geology and Mineralogy 



Structure of Rocks and Minerals 



Zoology 



Life and Development of Animals 



Botany and Forestry 



Life of Plants and Economic Uses of Woods 



Geography of the World 



History of Primitive Mankind 



Life of Natives of America and Other Countries 



Native Art 



Industry, Primitive and Modern 



History of America and Related Countries 

 Local History of New York City and State 



Health and Hygiene 



Carriers and Control of Disease Germs, 

 Water Supply and Sanitation 



The Museum is teaching these subjects in lectures, in its exhibi- 

 tion hall studies and in its traveling museums to the schools. It has 

 a corps of teachers specially trained to instruct the young. It draws 

 upon its incomparable series of explorations, collections and photo- 

 graphs from all parts of the world. It brings the latest discoveries 

 of science to the eye and mind of the child. It aims not only to in- 

 struct but to educate. Through thirty-eight years of experience and 

 experiment since our school work began, we have shown that the 

 Museum is a real force in the education, especially of the city-bred 

 child and youth. 



The School, the College, the University and the Library have 

 gone in advance; the Museum follows and has won its own place and 

 influence because it supplies a demand which none of its sister insti- 

 tutions fills. The rise of the Museum as a new force in town, city, 

 state and nation is The Latest Phase of Educational Evolution. 



