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(c.) Paws and Claws and their uses.—Cat, dog, Hair, Fur, Wool, and their uses.—Cat, mole, rabbit, mouse, mole, frog. dog, sheep, fox. Beaks of Birds and their uses.—Duck, fowl, Tails and their uses. —Horse, cow, donkey, parro t, sparrow, goatsucker, heron, dog, cat, monkeys, harvest-mouse. Eeet of Birdg and their uses .—Duck, fowl, Tongues and their uses.—Cat, dog, cow, wood- swift, owl, &c. pecker frog. Insects. —Examples : Bee, beetle, butterfly, cockroach, silkworm. Insect development—legs, Teeth and their uses. —Man, cat, cow, horse, wings, segments, mouth, breathing apparatus, rabbit, snake, fangs of poisonous snakes. ovipositors. 3. The Sky, the Air, the Surface of the Land, and Water. (a.) The Sky. Sunrise, noon, and sunset. (Note the object A few of the brightest constellations. (Make over which the sun is seen to rise from month to diagrams on square ruled paper from a study of month. Note sun's position at noon, and its the sky itself. Great Bear and Pole Star; Lyre varying height above horizon.) and Vega ; Cassiopeia.) Shadow. (Note by aid of a spike erect on a -oi i A.t , , • •, , -, ,-, flat disc the varying length of the shadow at , Planets ' . (Note any planet visible when the noon. Study the shadows of objects. Variation is given. Mark its position on square , ' jj „., J ruled paper for a few weeks.) in sharpness and depth.) 1 c ' Moon. (Note the changes. Draw the shape Varying length of day and night, from week to week.) (b.) The Air. Wind. Varying direction. (Note and keep re- Rainbow. (Note the succession of colours, cord of the direction of the wind from day to day.) Note position of sun behind observer and of the Warmer and colder winds; rainy and dry bow where the shower of rain is falling. Note winds. that height of arch changes. When is it higher Moisture in the air shown by seaweed ; string and when lower ?) (changing tension). Rainbow colours on shells, film of tar, &c. Wet cloth dries in the wind (water turns to Feathers of birds, vapour). Dew. (Note when formed. Cloudless weather. Vapour turns to water. (Breathing on slate. On what does it lie thickest ?) Clouds on hills. Evening mists.) Hoar frost. Clouds in the sky. Three chief kinds : Snow. (Note the size of flakes. Movement " Heaps," " beds," " feathers." of flakes in the air as they fall. Snowdrift. Rain. (Note size of drops. Raindrops on Snow squeezed into ice.) dust form little balls. Note effect of heavy Hail. (Note when it falls. Examine hailrain in tearing up roads. Note the channels so stones. Is the hail accompanied by thunder?) made, and the arrangement of the sand and Thunder and lightning, pebbles washed to a distance.) (c.) The Surface of the Land. Level or sloping. Simple way of measuring Rock salt; crystals of salt. Salt in sea water, slope. Height of school and neighbouring hill- Mineral in solution, tops above sea-level. Hard and soft water. Rain water compared Flow of water over the land. Neighbouring with streams from chalk or limestone; leavings stream or streams. Water-partings. after evaporation. Fur in kettles. Softening The river basin in which the school is situated, hard water. Construct a model fountain and make simple (In certain districts) other minerals in solution, observations on the pressure of water. Mill-dam. sulphur wells, iron springs, medicinal waters. A "head" of water. Notion of falling water as Mortar and cement. (Slake lime and make a motor. mortar ; note the heat, &c.) Soils. Clay, sand, slate, granite, chalk, quar- Surface soils. Crumbled rocks. Water-borne ries near school, gravel-pits, clay-pits, brick- sand and mud. Vegetable mould and earthworks. (Note how the rocks lie, in layers or in worms, masses without structure.) Vegetation and cultivation. Forest, moor, and Stones in the brook, water-worn; pebbles on heath. Heathers, beach, rounded; pebbles in gravel-pit often with Hedgerow trees, elms, ashes, sharp edges, perhaps ice-borne. Trees of the forest, oak, beech, birch. Difference between sand and mud. Crumbling Evergreen trees, pines and firs, rocks. Effect of frost on damp rocks. Evergreen plants and shrubs, holly, ivy, Caves by the sea formed by the waves ; caves box. inland formed by rain dissolving limestone ; Contrast evergreen and deciduous leaves, stalactites. (A lesson for schools in limestone (Note change at fall of leaf. Autumn tints, regions or near rocky coasts.) Press specimens.) Building stone, marble, slate, Bath stone, Riverside trees, willows, poplars, aspens, sandstone, &c. Hill pastures and meadows. Turf on the In marble, note shells, &c. Note plants in downs and hay in the valleys. coal. Gardens and their contents. Garden fruits Volcanic rocks. Lava, brimstone, pumice- and wild fruits. Garden flowers and wild stone, basalt or whinstone (according to the flowers. nature of the district).

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