Ontario Teachers' Manuals, Nature Study

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Ontario. Department of Education

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Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study

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Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.)

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English

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Q: Science

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Nature study

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26139

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26139

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July 28, 2008

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ONTARIO TEACHERS' MANUALS
2. 2.NATURE STUDY — AUTHORIZED BY THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PREFATORY NOTE
5. 5.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
6. 6.NATURE STUDY
7. 7.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
8. 8.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
9. 9.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
10. 10.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
11. 11.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
12. 12.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
13. 13.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
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.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
17. 17.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
18. 18.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
19. 19.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
20. 20.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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