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this metliod, the instructor considers the individual method 

 preferable, and will pursue it in future. 



NOVA 5C0TIA 



Nature-study is here taken very seriously. 

 The following extracts from a leaflet issued to 

 every teacher in the province by the Educational 

 Department will show how thoroughly and system- 

 atically the matter is dealt with. 



LOCAL " NATURE " OBSERVATIONS 



This sheet is provided for the purpose of aiding teachers 

 to interest their pupils in observing the times of the regular 

 procession of natural phenomena each season. First, it 

 may help the teacher in doing some of the " Nature " 

 lesson work of the Course of Study ; secondly, it may aid 

 in procuring valuable information for the locality and 

 province. Two copies are provided for each teacher who 

 wishes to conduct such observations, 07ie to be preserved 

 as the property of the section for reference from year to 

 year ; the other to be sent in with the return to the 

 inspector, who will transmit it to the superintendent for 

 examination and compilation. 



Whsit is desired is to have recorded in these forms the 

 dates of the first leafing, flowering and fruiting of plants 

 and trees ; the first appearance in the locahty of birds 

 migrating north in spring or south in autumn, etc. "WTiile 

 the objects specified here are given so as to enable com- 

 parison to be made between the difierent sections of the 

 province, it is very desirable that other local phenomena 



