An Introduction to Nature-study
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E. Stenhouse. An Introduction to Nature-study
An Introduction to Nature-study
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CHAPTER I. SEEDS AND THEIR EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH
1. THE STRUCTURE OF SEEDS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS
2. THE EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH OF SEEDS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS
3. THE STRUCTURE OF GRAINS OF. MAIZE AND WHEAT
4. THE EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH OF. MAIZE AND WHEAT
CHAPTER II. HOW A GREEN PLANT FEEDS
5. THE FOOD WHICH A GREEN PLANT. OBTAINS FROM THE SOIL
6. THE FOOD WHICH A GREEN PLANT. OBTAINS FROM THE AIR
CHAPTER III. THE FORMS AND DUTIES OF LEAVES
7. THE FORMS OF LEAVES
8. HOW LEAVES ARE ARRANGED ON THE STEM
9. THE WORK OF LEAVES
CHAPTER IV. BUDS. THE HISTORY OF A TWIG
10. THE STRUCTURE AND USES OF BUDS
CHAPTER V. HOW STEMS DO THEIR WORK
11. THE DUTIES OF STEMS
12. HOW STEMS ARE STRENGTHENED
13. CLIMBING STEMS
14. CREEPING AND UNDERGROUND STEMS
CHAPTER VI. SOME COMMON FLOWERS
15. A TYPICAL FLOWER
16. THE WALLFLOWER FAMILY
17. THE BUTTERCUP FAMILY
18. THE PEA FAMILY
19. THE ROSE FAMILY
20. THE PARSLEY FAMILY
21. THE PRIMROSE AND COWSLIP
22. THE DAISY AND ITS RELATIVES
23. THE FOXGLOVE FAMILY
24. THE LABIATES
25. THE LILY AND SNOWDROP FAMILIES
CHAPTER VII. GRASSES
27. THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF A GRASS
28. THE REPRODUCTION OF A GRASS
29. SOME COMMON GRASSES
CHAPTER VIII. COMMON FOREST TREES
30. THE OAK FAMILY
31. THE WILLOW AND THE POPLAR
32. THE ELM, LIME, AND ASH
33. THE SYCAMORE AND HORSE CHESTNUT
34. CONE-BEARING TREES
CHAPTER IX. FRUITS: HOW SEEDS ARE SCATTERED
35. PLANTS WHICH SOW THEIR OWN SEEDS
36. SEEDS SOWN BY THE WIND
37. SEEDS WHICH ARE SCATTERED BY ANIMALS
CHAPTER X. FERNS AND HORSETAILS
38. FERNS
39. THE COMMON HORSETAIL
CHAPTER XI. MOSSES, MUSHROOMS, AND MOULDS
40. LIVERWORTS AND TRUE MOSSES
41. THE COMMON MUSHROOM
42. MOULDS
PART II. ANIMAL LIFE
CHAPTER XII. THE RABBIT: A TYPICAL MAMMAL
43. THE RABBIT: HABITS AND APPEARANCE
CHAPTER XIII. HOW A RABBIT LIVES
44. THE SKELETON AND MUSCLES
45. HOW THE RABBIT DIGESTS ITS FOOD
46. THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD
47. RESPIRATION
CHAPTER XIV. SOME OTHER MAMMALS
48. THE CAT AND DOG
49. THE BAT
50. HOOFED MAMMALS
CHAPTER XV. THE PIGEON: A TYPICAL BIRD
51. HABITS AND STRUCTURE OF THE PIGEON
CHAPTER XVI. THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF THE CHICK
52. A HEN’S EGG
53. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK
54. THE EDUCATION AND LATER GROWTH OF THE CHICK.[18]
CHAPTER XVII. SOME FAMILIAR BRITISH BIRDS
55. THE THRUSH FAMILY
56. THE SWALLOW FAMILY, THE SKYLARK, AND CROWS
57. THE SWIFT AND THE CUCKOO
58. THE DUCK
59. TWO COMMON HAWKS
CHAPTER XVIII. FROGS AND TADPOLES
60. THE LIFE OF THE FROG
61. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FROG
CHAPTER XIX. THE HABITS AND LIFE-HISTORIES. OF COMMON INSECTS
62. THE COCKROACH: A TYPICAL INSECT
63. A WATER BEETLE.[29]
64. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.[31]
CHAPTER XX. SOME CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS, AND WORMS
65. SOME COMMON CRUSTACEANS
66. SOME COMMON MOLLUSCS.[37]
67. EARTHWORMS
CHAPTER XXI. FIELD-WORK
THE SCHOOL JOURNEY
MONTHLY NATURE CALENDAR.[40]
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
TYPICAL EXAMINATION PAPERS
ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE. Nature Knowledge.—
Paper I
Paper II
TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
General Elementary Science. Part II
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. FOR THE CERTIFICATE. Part II
Elementary Science.—Syllabus No. II
General Biology. Section I. of Stage I
INDEX
Отрывок из книги
E. Stenhouse
Published by Good Press, 2021
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cotyledons. (×½.)
The cotyledons.—During the germination of various seeds, a very marked difference in the behaviour of the cotyledons is to be seen. In the case of the broad bean and pea the cotyledons remain in their original positions, partially enclosed by the split seed-coat. Presently a hump (Figs. 6 and 11) forms at the upper end of the radicle, as if the plant were making an effort to pull its plumule out of the seed. It soon succeeds (Fig. 12), and the plumule turns up to the light. It is the young stem. At its end is a little bud, formed by a number of small, overlapping, green leaves which surround the growing point. Henceforth the stem grows upwards, that is in a direction precisely opposite to that of the root’s growth. Both stem and root are attached to the cotyledons, which gradually shrivel up as the stem and root become larger and larger.
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