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Thursday, December 14 1905 J LEE 6 NATURE STUDY OUTLINE. THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY SSIST T7 ! "tttre 8t? BoUetia; TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT For Week Besrinniaar December 18 th A course in ; Nature Study has been issued from the othce of the State Superintendent of Public In struction as Teachers' Bulletin 5. Every teacher in the State should KPrure a copy of this bulletin. If vour County Superintendent has not given you one, wrue to xne otatc Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, Raleigh, JN. u., and ask a copy. It will bev sen to you gratis. This bulletin takes up month by month and grade by grade work suitable for your use. You should have this bul letin constantly at hand and base your work each week upon it. It is intended in the present se ries of articles to take the . topics given in this bulletin as a basis and to amplify them, giving practical hints for the carrying out of the Nature work of this outline, and also to give suggestions as to the meth od of teaching, and the material and lierature to be consulted in conrfec tion with this work. These suggestions will appear in The Progressive Farmer each week, pertaining to the week following, so that each teacher may have them in hand in ample time to make full preparation for the work of the fol lowing week. It will -be impossible in this series of articles to explain the whole of the Nature Study Outline. Each week a portion only of the outline for the outline for the following week will be considered. The matter discussed in the present article is the suggestion for first grade work for December, found on page 10 of the Bulletin The Moon's Phases New, Full, Old and Waning. The suggestions here given apply to an ungraded school. If your school is graded you will do well to separate the work into lessons for each grade. Just before the close of the school on Monday you may ask the whole school to give atten tion and then inquire whether any one can tell what the condition of the moon will be at night. Ask them if they know the difference be tween a full moon and a new moon; between a first quarter and a last quarter; have some one go to the blackboard and draw a full moon as they think 'it appears, and have oth ers draw pronounce upon the cor rectness of this. Have some one else draw a new moon and some one an old moon. It will be best in this first broaching of the subject not to give them any information at all. -Merely attempt to raise in their mind the question as to whether they ' do know or not, and arouse "in them desire to find out for themselves, from Nature, the facts. Suggest then that each pupil watch the moon and be ready to tell the next day how it appears; where it is ; when it rises, and anything else they can about it. On Tuesday, ten minutes before school closes, you may take up the subject again. Ask how many have seen the moon ; if they can draw it. See how many can draw it correctly ; how many remember it exactly. Af ter having gotten from the knowl edge which they volunteer, you may ask them to tell you how. large the moon is ; compare it with familiar objects. Is as large as a dollar, a dinner plate, a saucer, a cup, a ten cent piece, a wash tub ? Get a vote of the school on these various dimen sions. How many of the school favor each opinion ? Then ask them to give closer attention the next night to this matter of size. Have them hold a penny at different dis tances from the eye to see just how far away it has to be in order oK scure the full size of th m nnn (This can best be done by placing me penny on a ruler and placing one end of the ruler and pointing the ruler at the moon. Gradually move the penny away until it just ob scures the moon's face. Then note on the ruler the number of inches that the penny is away from the eye.; Their first estimates as to size will probably vary greatly. In this second estimate they should agree quite well. You might susreest to the older pupils that with the latter method of measurement they could possibly tell the actual size of the moon, if they had any means of knowing how far away it is. On Wednesday you may question concerning the experience and ob servation of the previous night. The two following days in a similar fash ion you may question concerning: the degree of brightness, the change in position from night to night among the stars, and the change in position from hour to hour on a given night; the directions in which the horns point. You can also link this Nature study work with your English by having them write little composi tions about what they have done, and what they have discovered ; or with their drawing by having them draw the moon as it changes from night to night; with their arithmetic by having them note the time of rising each night and then by sub traction determine how much later each night the moon rises. By di vision let them ascertain how long it will be before the moon will again rise at the same time it rises to night. Nearly every teacher can probably procure an almanac or car endar, by Friday the pupils will be interested enough in the moon to welcome an explanation' of the facts which the almanac tells concerning the various phases, time of rising, etc. The teacher will do well to write to the Weather Bureau, Washington. D. O, and ask them for a copy of "Weather Folk Lore." This can be gotten gratis. If perchance they re fuse to send it, write to your Senator or Representative-and ask him to get it for you. This he will be glad to do. This tells many interesting weather signs and weather supersti tions. The moon has always been an ob ject of interest, and much beautiful literature has appeared concerning it. The following selection from Jean Ingelow is worthy of memor izing : "O moon! in the night I have seen you sailing, And shining so round and low; You were bright! ah, bright! but your light is failing : You are nothing now but a bow. You, moon, have done something wrong in heaven. That God has hidden your face? I hope if you have you will soon be forgiven. And shine again in your place." It is to be borne in mind that the nhnvfi sncsrestions are for work as presented to the whole school. If the school is graded you can select the simpler part for your first' grae, nnd the more difficult part for the third grade as suggested under No. on page 11 of the Outline. Next week vou will receive in thi3 same column suggestions for a study of soil, and hints upon observing the stars. F. L. STEVENS. A, & M. College, Raieigh, N. 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