An Introduction to Nature-study

Name: An Introduction to Nature-study
Author: E. Stenhouse

by E. Stenhouse

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AN INTRODUCTION TO NATURE STUDY.
PART I. PLANT LIFE
CHAPTER I. SEEDS AND THEIR EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH.
1. THE STRUCTURE OF SEEDS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS.
2. THE EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH OF SEEDS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS.
3. THE STRUCTURE OF GRAINS OF MAIZE AND WHEAT.
4. THE EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH OF MAIZE AND WHEAT.
CHAPTER II. HOW A GREEN PLANT FEEDS.
5. THE FOOD WHICH A GREEN PLANT OBTAINS FROM THE SOIL.
6. THE FOOD WHICH A GREEN PLANT OBTAINS FROM THE AIR.
CHAPTER III. THE FORMS AND DUTIES OF LEAVES.
7. THE FORMS OF LEAVES.
8. HOW LEAVES ARE ARRANGED ON THE STEM.
9. THE WORK OF LEAVES.
CHAPTER IV. BUDS. THE HISTORY OF A TWIG.
10. THE STRUCTURE AND USES OF BUDS.
CHAPTER V. HOW STEMS DO THEIR WORK
11. THE DUTIES OF STEMS.
12. HOW STEMS ARE STRENGTHENED.
13. CLIMBING STEMS.
14. CREEPING AND UNDERGROUND STEMS.
CHAPTER VI. SOME COMMON FLOWERS.
15. A TYPICAL FLOWER.
16. THE WALLFLOWER FAMILY.
17. THE BUTTERCUP FAMILY.
18. THE PEA FAMILY.
19. THE ROSE FAMILY.
20. THE PARSLEY FAMILY.
21. THE PRIMROSE AND COWSLIP.
22. THE DAISY AND ITS RELATIVES.
23. THE FOXGLOVE FAMILY.
24. THE LABIATES.
25. THE LILY AND SNOWDROP FAMILIES.
CHAPTER VII. GRASSES.
27. THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF A GRASS.
28. THE REPRODUCTION OF A GRASS.
29. SOME COMMON GRASSES.
CHAPTER VIII. COMMON FOREST TREES.
30. THE OAK FAMILY.
31. THE WILLOW AND THE POPLAR.
32. THE ELM, LIME, AND ASH.
33. THE SYCAMORE AND HORSE CHESTNUT.
34. CONE-BEARING TREES.
CHAPTER IX. FRUITS: HOW SEEDS ARE SCATTERED.
35. PLANTS WHICH SOW THEIR OWN SEEDS.
36. SEEDS SOWN BY THE WIND.
37. SEEDS WHICH ARE SCATTERED BY ANIMALS.
CHAPTER X. FERNS AND HORSETAILS.
38. FERNS.
39. THE COMMON HORSETAIL.
CHAPTER XI. MOSSES, MUSHROOMS, AND MOULDS.
40. LIVERWORTS AND TRUE MOSSES.
41. THE COMMON MUSHROOM.
42. MOULDS.
PART II. ANIMAL LIFE
CHAPTER XII. THE RABBIT: A TYPICAL MAMMAL.
43. THE RABBIT: HABITS AND APPEARANCE.
CHAPTER XIII. HOW A RABBIT LIVES.
44. THE SKELETON AND MUSCLES
45. HOW THE RABBIT DIGESTS ITS FOOD.
46. THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.
47. RESPIRATION.
CHAPTER XIV. SOME OTHER MAMMALS.
48. THE CAT AND DOG.
49. THE BAT.
50. HOOFED MAMMALS.
CHAPTER XV. THE PIGEON: A TYPICAL BIRD.
51. HABITS AND STRUCTURE OF THE PIGEON.
CHAPTER XVI. THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF THE CHICK.
52. A HEN’S EGG.
53. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK.
54. THE EDUCATION AND LATER GROWTH OF THE CHICK.[18]
CHAPTER XVII. SOME FAMILIAR BRITISH BIRDS.
55. THE THRUSH FAMILY.
56. THE SWALLOW FAMILY, THE SKYLARK, AND CROWS.
57. THE SWIFT AND THE CUCKOO.
58. THE DUCK.
59. TWO COMMON HAWKS.
CHAPTER XVIII. FROGS AND TADPOLES.
60. THE LIFE OF THE FROG.
61. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FROG.
CHAPTER XIX. THE HABITS AND LIFE-HISTORIES OF COMMON INSECTS.
62. THE COCKROACH: A TYPICAL INSECT.
63. A WATER BEETLE.[29]
64. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.[31]
CHAPTER XX. SOME CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS, AND WORMS.
65. SOME COMMON CRUSTACEANS.
66. SOME COMMON MOLLUSCS.[37]
67. EARTHWORMS.
CHAPTER XXI. FIELD-WORK.
THE SCHOOL JOURNEY.
MONTHLY NATURE CALENDAR.[40]
JANUARY.
FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER.
TYPICAL EXAMINATION PAPERS.
ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE. Nature Knowledge.—
Paper I.
Paper II.
TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION.
General Elementary Science. Part II.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE CERTIFICATE. Part II.
Elementary Science.—Syllabus No. II.
General Biology. Section I. of Stage I.
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