Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study
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- ONTARIO TEACHERS' MANUALS
- NATURE STUDY
- AUTHORIZED BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
- CONTENTS
- PREFATORY NOTE
- PUBLIC AND SEPARATE SCHOOL
- COURSE OF STUDY
- DETAILS
- FORM I
- AUTUMN
- WINTER
- SPRING
- FORM II
- AUTUMN
- WINTER
- SPRING
- FORM III
- AUTUMN
- WINTER
- SPRING
- FORM IV
- AUTUMN
- WINTER
- SPRING
- NATURE STUDY
- CHAPTER I
- THE AIMS OF NATURE STUDY
- GENERAL METHODS IN NATURE STUDY
- CONCRETE MATERIAL
- TOPICS AND MATERIAL MUST SUIT THE SEASON
- MATTER MUST BE SUITED TO THE CHILD
- USE OF THE COMMONPLACE
- ORDER OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON
- PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATION
- NOTE-BOOKS AND RECORDS
- THE SCHOOL GARDEN
- SUGGESTIONS
- GARDEN EXPENSES
- THE EXCURSION
- SHORT EXCURSIONS
- FREQUENCY OF EXCURSIONS
- EXCURSIONS TO A DISTANCE
- SUGGESTIONS FOR UNGRADED SCHOOLS
- THE TEACHER'S EXCURSIONS
- A TYPE EXCURSION
- COLLECTIONS
- ANIMAL STUDIES
- DOMESTIC ANIMALS
- REFERENCES
- BIRDS
- REFERENCES
- INSECTS
- INSECT COLLECTIONS
- BUTTERFLY AND MOTH COLLECTIONS
- PLANT COLLECTIONS
- CHAPTER II
- PHYSICAL SCIENCE PHASE OF NATURE STUDY INSTRUCTIONS AND GENERAL METHOD
- VALUE OF SUCH LESSONS
- CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH EXPERIMENTS SHOULD BE PERFORMED
- CORRELATIONS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE PHASE
- LIST OF REFERENCE BOOKS AND BULLETINS
- GARDEN AND PLANT STUDY
- PHYSICAL SCIENCE
- ANIMAL STUDY
- PHYSICAL SCIENCE
- FORMS III AND IV DESIRABLE APPARATUS
- CHEMICALS
- CHEMICALS
- GRENET CELLS
- DECOMPOSITION APPARATUS
- PNEUMATIC TROUGH
- SPIRIT-LAMP
- BAROMETER
- HYGROMETER
- HINTS
- TIME APPORTIONED TO NATURE STUDY
- CHAPTER III
- FORM I
- AUTUMN
- GARDEN WORK
- LESSONS ON A GARDEN PLANT
- PANSY LESSON I
- LESSON II
- OBSERVATION EXERCISES ON THE DANDELION
- FIRST EXERCISE
- SECOND EXERCISE
- THIRD EXERCISE
- CORRELATION WITH LITERATURE AND READING
- DWARF NASTURTIUM
- SEEDS
- FIELD EXERCISE
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON BASED ON THIS COLLECTION
- SEED DISPERSAL
- LESSON ON SEEDS THAT FLY
- CORRELATIONS
- TWIGS AND BUDS
- LESSON ON TWIGS
- FURTHER STUDY OF TWIGS
- REVIEW LESSON
- LESSON ON BUDS
- REVIEW LESSON
- CORRELATIONS
- LEAVES
- FIELD EXERCISES
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON ON LEAVES
- GARDEN STUDIES
- STUDIES IN THE PUPIL'S INDIVIDUAL PLOT
- STUDIES FROM THE GARDEN AS A WHOLE
- BULB PLANTING
- LESSON ON BULBS AND BULB PLANTING
- PLANTING THE BULB
- CHAPTER IV
- FORM I
- WINTER
- LESSONS ON A PET ANIMAL: THE RABBIT
- I
- II
- III
- CORRELATIONS
- THE DOMESTIC CAT
- DETAILED STUDY
- THE PIGEON
- MORE DETAILED STUDY FOR CLASS WORK
- OBSERVATION AND CARE OF WINTER-BLOOMING PLANTS
- TREES
- PINES OF THE LOCALITY
- THE WHITE PINE FIELD EXERCISES
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- ELM
- FIELD EXERCISE
- DOMESTIC ANIMALS
- THE HORSE I
- II
- CORRELATIONS
- DOMESTIC BIRDS
- THE DUCK
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- CHAPTER V
- FORM I
- SPRING
- GARDEN WORK
- GARDEN STUDIES
- WINDOW GARDEN
- WILD FLOWERS
- RECOGNITION OF WILD FLOWERS
- LESSON IN OUTLINE BLOODROOT
- CORRELATIONS
- INSECT STUDY
- CECROPIA, OR EMPEROR-MOTH
- DRAGON-FLY
- OTHER CONSPICUOUS INSECTS
- BIRDS
- THE ROBIN FIELD EXERCISES I
- II
- III THE NEST, EGGS, AND YOUNG
- THE SONG-SPARROW FIELD EXERCISES
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- THE SHEEP
- PROBLEMS FOR FIELD WORK
- CHAPTER VI
- FORM II
- AUTUMN
- BULB PLANTING OUT-OF-DOORS
- BEDS FOR GROWING BULBS
- PLANTING OF BULBS INDOORS
- GARDEN WORK
- (See Autumn work for Form I.)
- SEED SELECTION
- STORING SEEDS
- HARVESTING AND STORING OF GARDEN CROPS
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- FALL CULTIVATION
- GARDEN STUDIES
- GARDEN RECORDS.
- CORRELATIONS
- CLIMBING PLANTS
- TREES
- STORING OF TREE SEEDS
- A FLOWER
- TYPE: NASTURTIUM I
- II
- SOIL STUDIES
- KINDS OF SOIL
- ANIMAL STUDIES
- BIRD MIGRATION
- CORRELATIONS
- COMMON WILD ANIMALS GENERAL METHOD FOR FIELD WORK
- THE WOOD-CHUCK
- THE CHIPMUNK FIELD EXERCISES
- EASTERN SWALLOW-TAIL BUTTERFLY
- CHAPTER VII
- FORM II
- WINTER
- CARE OF PLANTS IN THE HOME
- TREES
- COLLECTION OF WOOD SPECIMENS
- RELATED READING
- THE DOG
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- OBSERVATION EXERCISES
- CORRELATIONS
- LESSONS INVOLVING COMPARISON
- CAT AND DOG
- EXPERIMENTS FOR ASSISTING IN THE STUDY OF THE CAT
- COMPARISON OF THE HORSE AND COW
- THE SQUIRREL
- FIELD EXERCISES
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- WINTER BIRDS
- FIELD EXERCISES
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- CORRELATIONS
- ANIMALS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- CHAPTER VIII
- FORM II
- SPRING
- GARDEN WORK
- COMBATING GARDEN PESTS CUTWORMS
- ROOT MAGGOTS
- FLEA-BEETLES
- SEED GERMINATION
- PLANTS FOR INDIVIDUAL PLOTS
- STUDIES BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF GROWING PLANTS
- PLANTING AND CARE OF SWEET-PEAS
- WILD FLOWERS
- WEEDS
- THE APPLE TREE
- FIELD EXERCISE
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON ON THE APPLE TREE
- FIELD EXERCISE FOLLOWING CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- BIRD STUDY
- THE TOAD
- FIELD EXERCISES
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- DETAILED STUDY
- LIFE HISTORY OF THE TOAD
- THE EARTHWORM
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- REFERENCES
- THE AQUARIUM
- AQUARIUM SPECIMENS
- MOSQUITO
- STUDY OF THE ADULT FORM
- THE DEVELOPMENT
- REFERENCES
- CADDICE-FLY
- INSECTS SUITABLE FOR LESSONS IN FORM II
- CHAPTER IX
- FORM III
- AUTUMN
- GARDEN WORK
- TREATMENT OF FUNGI
- TREATMENT OF INSECTS
- CABBAGE-WORM
- PLANTS
- ANNUALS, BIENNIALS, AND PERENNIALS CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- GARDEN STUDIES ANNUALS
- BIENNIALS
- PERENNIALS
- SPECIAL STUDY OF GARDEN PLANTS
- SWEET-PEA
- PUMPKIN
- CORN
- CORRELATIONS
- SEED DISPERSAL
- I. LESSON
- DETAILED STUDY OF SEED DISPERSAL II. CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- SEED COLLECTIONS
- MAN AS A DISPERSER OF SEEDS
- THE SUGAR MAPLE
- FIELD EXERCISES
- MAPLE LEAVES CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- CORRELATIONS
- WEED STUDIES
- OBSERVATION LESSON ON WEED SEEDS
- NAME OF SEED
- SEED OF OX-EYE DAISY
- GRASSHOPPER
- FIELD EXERCISES
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- APHIDES
- TOMATO WORM
- THE ADULT
- THE CHRYSALIS
- THE CROW
- CORRELATIONS
- CHAPTER X
- FORM III
- WINTER
- CARE OF PLANTS IN THE HOME
- PLANT CUTTINGS
- SELECTION OF CUTTINGS
- POTTING OF ROOTED CUTTINGS
- EVERGREENS
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- COLLECTION OF WOOD SPECIMENS
- RELATED READING
- HOW ANIMALS PREPARE FOR WINTER
- SUMMARY OF LESSONS
- CORRELATIONS
- CHICKENS
- CONVERSATION LESSON
- ARITHMETIC LESSON BASED ON THE CHICKEN CENSUS
- CARE OF CHICKENS
- CARE AND FOOD OF CHICKENS
- PHYSICAL SCIENCE PHASE OF NATURE STUDY
- SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES
- CHANGE OF STATE
- EXPANSION OF SOLIDS
- PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
- QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- EXPANSION OF LIQUIDS
- APPLICATIONS
- THE THERMOMETER
- EXPANSION OF AIR
- SOURCES OF HEAT AND LIGHT NOTES FOR A SERIES OF LESSONS
- CONDUCTION
- PROBLEMS
- PROBLEMS
- CONVECTION
- PROBLEMS
- CONVECTION IN GASES
- APPLICATIONS
- RADIATION OF HEAT
- PROBLEMS
- CHAPTER XI
- FORM III
- SPRING
- WINDOW BOXES
- WINDOW GARDENS
- SUITABLE PLANTS
- FERTILIZER
- SOIL STUDIES
- EXERCISES AND EXPERIMENTS SOIL CONSTITUENTS
- WATER IN SOILS
- DRAINAGE
- GARDEN WORK
- TREE SEEDS
- TRANSPLANTING
- TRANSPLANTING FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES
- TRANSPLANTING TREE SEEDLINGS
- BUDDING
- CUTTINGS
- LEAF CUTTINGS
- ROOT CUTTINGS
- LAYERING
- PLANTING AND CARE OF HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
- GARDEN STUDIES
- BIENNIALS
- WILD FLOWERS
- STUDY OF THE TRILLIUM
- CLASS-ROOM LESSON
- ADAPTATIONS OF ANIMALS
- BIRD TYPES
- WOODPECKERS
- THE DOWNY WOODPECKER
- OBSERVATIONS I
- II
- FLYCATCHERS
- WRENS
- CABBAGE-BUTTERFLY
- THE TUSSOCK-MOTH
- POTATO BEETLE
- REFERENCES
- FISH
- OBSERVATIONS I
- II
- PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- CHAPTER XII
- FORM IV
- AUTUMN
- GARDEN WORK
- HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS FROM SEED
- DECIDUOUS TREES
- REFERENCES
- TREES IN RELATION TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT
- FRUITS
- EXCURSION TO A WELL-KEPT ORCHARD
- SMALL FRUITS
- AUTUMN WILD FLOWERS
- MILKWEED
- CORRELATIONS
- TREES
- THE WHITE PINE
- OUTLINE OF A CLASS-ROOM LESSON ON THE WHITE PINE
- CORRELATIONS
- REFERENCES
- COMPARATIVE LESSON ON VARIETIES OF WINTER APPLES
- KING, BALDWIN, NORTHERN SPY
- CODLING MOTH
- REFERENCES
- SOME COMMON ANIMAL FORMS
- REFERENCES
- CENTIPEDS AND MILLIPEDS
- SALAMANDERS, OR NEWTS
- SPIDERS
- BIRD STUDIES
- CHAPTER XIII
- FORM IV
- WINTER
- FOREST TREES
- EVERGREENS
- WOOD SPECIMENS
- FRUITS
- WEEDS AND WEED SEEDS
- PHYSICAL SCIENCE PHASE OF NATURE STUDY
- WATER PRESSURE
- EXERCISES
- STUDY OF AIR
- THE BAROMETER
- THE COMMON PUMP
- EXPANSIVE FORCE OF AIR
- COMPOSITION OF AIR
- OXYGEN
- CARBON DIOXIDE
- IMPURITIES OF AIR
- SOLUTIONS OF SOLIDS
- SOLUTION OF LIQUIDS
- SOLUTION OF GASES
- LIMESTONE
- CARBON
- HYDROGEN
- MAGNETS
- ELECTRICITY
- STEAM
- FARM TOOLS
- MACHINES
- PROBLEMS
- CHAPTER XIV
- FORM IV
- SPRING
- METHODS OF IMPROVING HOME AND SCHOOL GROUNDS
- MAKING AND CARE OF A LAWN
- REFERENCES
- SOIL STUDIES
- WEIGHT
- SUBSOILS
- FERTILIZERS
- SOIL-FORMING AGENTS
- TILLING THE SOIL
- GARDEN WORK
- EXPERIMENTS IN PLOTS OUT-OF-DOORS
- FUNCTION OF PARTS OF PLANTS
- HOW THE PLANT GETS ITS FOOD FROM THE SOIL
- GERMINATION OF SOME OF THE COMMON GRAINS
- WEEDS
- VINES
- WILD FLOWERS
- PLANTING OF TREES, SHRUBS, AND HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS IN HOME AND SCHOOL GROUNDS
- SHADE TREES
- TRANSPLANTING
- ANIMAL STUDIES
- SCALE INSECTS SAN JOSÉ SCALE
- OYSTER-SHELL BARK-LOUSE
- CUTWORMS
- WHITE GRUBS
- CRAYFISH
- FRESHWATER MUSSEL
- BIRD STUDY
- DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF NATURE STUDY
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF THESE ASPECTS
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