NEW-WORLD SCIENCE SERIESEdited by John W. Ritchie
ByEdwin Lincoln MoseleyHead of the Science Department, State Normal College of Northwestern Ohio
The usefulness of nature study in the schools has been seriously limited by the lack of a suitable textbook. It is to meet this need thatTrees, Stars, and Birdsis issued. The author is one of the most successful teachers of outdoor science in this country. He believes in field excursions, and his text is designed to help teachers and pupils in the inquiries that they will make for themselves.
The text deals with three phases of outdoor science that have a perennial interest, and it will make the benefit of the author's long and successful experience available to younger teachers.
The first section deals with trees, and the discussion of maples is typical: the student is reminded that he has eaten maple sugar; there is an interesting account of its production; the fact is brought out that the sugar is really made in the leaves. The stars and planets that all should know are told about simply and clearly. The birds commonly met with are considered, and their habits of feeding and nesting are described. Pertinent questions are scattered throughout each section.
The book is illustrated with 167 photographs, 69 drawings, 9 star maps, and with 16 color plates of 58 birds, from paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
It is well adapted for use in junior high schools, yet the presentation is simple enough for pupils in the sixth grade.
Cloth, viii + 404 + xvi pages. Price $1.60
Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago
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Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago