List of Nature Study Projects
Bring the eggs of a frog or toad to school;
they may be hatched if kept in a vessel of water.
Get a hen to set and hatch where the pupils can
watch and care for her.
Visit many places of activity, stores, factories, etc.
Take frequent field lessons.
Make a school garden and keep it in good condition.
Draw, or model in clay, things studied.
Dramatize animals and other things studied.
Have a play house; a play store.
Make an aquarium, if it be only a half-gallon glass jar,
and stock it with animal life.
Make window boxes, or get flower pots for plants
and have flowers in the schoolroom windows.
Clean and keep orderly the school grounds.
Draw fruits in their proper season.
Dig a potato pit and store some potatoes for winter.
Cut and paste pictures on charts to illustrate lessons.
Hem clothes and do other simple sewing.
Do special decorative work, etc., for different seasons of the year.
Visit the State Fair and study the various exhibits.
Make simple lessons on what interests the children there.
Make bows and arrows and teach their uses.
Pupils may aid in many experiments to illustrate
principles taught in nature study.
Make varied observations of natural phenomena. Collect specimens.
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