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B. Comstock, pp. 2-4. 
1. Nature study a tonic for teachers’ nerves. 
2. The only two occupations for a teacher on Saturday forenoon or 
afternoon, p. 3. 
3. How may a teacher find companionship with her pupils and health 
and strength for herself? p. 3. 
C. Bailey, pp. 59-66. 
1. The teacher who hesitates to teach nature study because of lack of 
technical knowledge of the subject, p. 59. 
2. Meaning of “The degree of statement is more important than final 
accuracy if there is such a thing as final accuracy.” pp. 60, 61. 
3. The well drilled young man and the perfect school laboratory, pp. 
62, 63. 
4. The man with an incomplete course, pp. 63, 64. 
5. Distinction between natural science and a science of natural things. 
p. 65. 
6. When teach nature study and why? pp. 65, 66. 
Principles of Nature Study. 
A. Bailey, pp. 37-50. 
1. How nature study may be taught, pp. 37-40. 
2. Factors determining the proper subjects for mature study instruc¬ 
tion. p. 40. 
3. The three steps in the teaching of nature study, p. 42. 
4. The book as a nature study subject, pp. 45, 46. 
5. The teacher and way of teaching more important than the subject 
matter, p. 46. 
6. The mind of the child and the voices of nature, pp. 46, 47. 
7. One of the first things a child should learn, pp. 47, 48. 
8. A common mistake in teaching nature study, pp. 48, 49. 
9. How nature study is not an additional burden to the teacher, p. 49. 
10. Change in procedure as children grow older, pp. 49-50. 
B. Coulter and Patterson, pp. 46-59. 
1. Selection of material, pp. 47, 48. 
2. Activity rather than structure, pp. 48-50. 
3. Definiteness of purpose and instruction, pp. 50, 51. 
4. Value of sketching in connection with observational work. p. 51. 
5. Independent observation, pp. 52, 53. 
6. Unprejudiced observation, pp. 53-55. 
7. Comparison of results, pp. 55-59. 
C. Comstock, pp. 6-14. 
1. When to give the nature study lesson—two theories, p. 6. 
2. The length of the lesson, p. 7. 
3. Newness of lesson versus repetition, p. 7. 
4. Nature study versus object lessons, pp. 7, 8. 
5. Nature study in the schoolroom, p. 8. 
6. Nature study and museum specimens, pp. 8, 9. 
7. Helps in nature study, p. 9. 
8. Pictures and books, charts, blackboard drawings, p. 10. 
9. How to use scientific names, p. 10. 
