An Introduction to Nature-study

An Introduction to Nature-study
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E. Stenhouse. An Introduction to Nature-study

An Introduction to Nature-study

Table of Contents

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

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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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