An Introduction to Nature Study

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Author

Stenhouse, E. (Ernest)

Title

An Introduction to Nature-study

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Natural history -- Study and teaching

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61273

Release Date

January 30, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN INTRODUCTION TO NATURE STUDY.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. BUDS. THE HISTORY OF A TWIG. — 10. THE STRUCTURE AND USES OF BUDS.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. GRASSES. — 27. THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF A GRASS. — 28. THE REPRODUCTION OF A GRASS. — 29. SOME COMMON GRASSES.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.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.
11. 11.CHAPTER X. FERNS AND HORSETAILS. — 38. FERNS. — 39. THE COMMON HORSETAIL.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. MOSSES, MUSHROOMS, AND MOULDS. — 40. LIVERWORTS AND TRUE MOSSES. — 41. THE COMMON MUSHROOM. — 42. MOULDS.
13. 13.PART II. ANIMAL LIFE — CHAPTER XII. THE RABBIT: A TYPICAL MAMMAL. — 43. THE RABBIT: HABITS AND APPEARANCE.
14. 14.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.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. SOME OTHER MAMMALS. — 48. THE CAT AND DOG. — 49. THE BAT. — 50. HOOFED MAMMALS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XV. THE PIGEON: A TYPICAL BIRD. — 51. HABITS AND STRUCTURE OF THE PIGEON.
17. 17.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]
18. 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.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. FROGS AND TADPOLES. — 60. THE LIFE OF THE FROG. — 61. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FROG.
20. 20.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]
21. 21.CHAPTER XX. SOME CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS, AND WORMS. — 65. SOME COMMON CRUSTACEANS. — 66. SOME COMMON MOLLUSCS. [37] — 67. EARTHWORMS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. FIELD-WORK. — THE SCHOOL JOURNEY.
23. 23.MONTHLY NATURE CALENDAR. [40] — JANUARY. — FEBRUARY. — MARCH. — APRIL. — MAY. — JUNE. — JULY. — AUGUST. — SEPTEMBER. — OCTOBER. — NOVEMBER. — DECEMBER.
24. 24.TYPICAL EXAMINATION PAPERS. — ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE. Nature Knowledge. — — Paper I. — Paper II.
25. 25.TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION. — General Elementary Science. Part II.
26. 26.PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE CERTIFICATE. Part II. — Elementary Science.—Syllabus No. II.
27. 27.General Biology. Section I. of Stage I.
28. 28.INDEX.

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