Project Gutenberg 2013-07-12 Public domain in the USA. 186 New York State College of Agriculture Cornell University. Department of Agriculture State University of New York. New York State College of Agriculture 05033602 Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets Being a selection, with revision, from the teachers' leaflets, home nature-study lessons, junior naturalist monthlies and other publications from the College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1896-1904 Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets" by New York State College of Agriculture is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a collection of resources designed to enhance nature-study education, focusing on methods and materials for teachers, particularly in rural schools, to foster a connection between students and their natural surroundings. The publication emphasizes the importance of engaging children with the environment to enhance their observational skills and appreciation for nature. The opening portion of the collection outlines the foundational principles of nature-study and its significance in the educational process. It argues that nature-study should be an informal, observational approach that encourages children to learn about their immediate environment rather than through rigid scientific definitions or textbooks. The text highlights the necessity of cultivating a love and curiosity for nature in young learners, suggesting practical teaching methods that allow students to engage directly with natural objects and phenomena. The overall aim is to prepare students for more advanced scientific subjects while instilling an enduring interest in and respect for nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43200/43200-h/images/cover.jpg en Natural history Nature study QH Text Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 1306683 1306695 2024-09-18T07:16:05.837386 2023-09-19T03:30:13.355544 text/html text/html 1274424 2013-07-11T19:58:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 16580858 2013-07-11T20:03:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 17347171 2024-09-18T07:16:32.892297 application/epub+zip 17360519 2024-09-18T07:16:12.344348 application/epub+zip 498369 2024-09-18T07:16:08.829412 application/epub+zip 18210194 2024-09-18T07:16:44.735211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 16951545 2024-09-18T07:16:28.621331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 726641 2022-09-19T17:16:17.591873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1015102 1014998 2024-09-18T07:16:00.823394 2023-09-19T03:30:09.073550 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1014979 2013-07-11T19:58:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 363636 2013-07-11T20:03:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1015061 2013-07-11T20:01:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 363551 2013-07-11T20:03:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20263 2024-09-18T07:16:44.994177 application/rdf+xml 8180 2024-09-18T07:16:09.109379 image/jpeg 1783 2024-09-18T07:16:08.969363 image/jpeg 16713515 2024-09-18T07:16:06.941409 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog