A Field And Laboratory Guide In Physical Nature Study

Author : Elliot R. Downing
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ISBN 13 : 9781332343348
Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book A Field and Laboratory Guide in Physical Nature-Study (Classic Reprint) written by Elliot R. Downing and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Field and Laboratory Guide in Physical Nature-Study Look over some good courses of study in nature-study to see that you will be expected as a teacher to lead pupils into those experiences that give them contact with essential scientific facts and phenomena. If possible visit nature-study classes so that you may see that the sort of thing here presented is what you will need when as a teacher you face actual schoolroom work. Before the pupil has completed the junior high school he should be assured of a range of experience with commonplace science that will habituate him to see and to attempt the solution of problems in a scientific way, that will give him command of the most important principles of science and that will make him appreciative of the wonders to be found in his commonplace environment. This book attempts to prepare the teacher to intelligently use the physical materials of interest to the pupil to achieve such ends. It is suggested that not all of the projects outlined be undertaken by each student-teacher but that some be assigned to particular students to work out before the class or undertaken by the instructor as class demonstrations. The author suggests from his experience in handling this work that the projects listed in the Appendix be so assigned and that the remaining ones be done by each student of the class. There is also given in the Appendix an estimate of the apparatus required for the course on the foregoing basis with a class of twenty students. All projects are to be written up by the individual student as if performed by himself, so that each one may feel responsible for those done for him, to save time, by other members of the class. Write up the notes as directed in ink on the blank pages provided, answering all questions asked. Make such diagrams and sketches as are called for, also in ink, preferably Higgins water-proof drawing ink. Follow carefully the directions given for making and operating the appliances and toys. Put yourself as far as possible in the place of the child who is having these experiences. See in them the problems he would see and think them through on the basis of your own observations. It is more important that you cultivate the scientific attitude of mind than that you amass much information. Be neat, accurate, and thoroughgoing in your work; cultivate a workman-like pride in the product of your own handwork. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.