COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY D. C. HEATH & Co. Plimpton Press H. M. PLIMPTON & CO., PRINTERS & BINDERS, NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A. ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART I. AIM AND METHOD IN NATURE STUDY. - II. STUDY OF STRUCTURE OF DANDELION AS AN ISOLATED THING A. Investigation and description of parts B. Educational aim and value of such study. 2. Cultivates interest in wayside weed. III. STUDY OF DANDELION IN ITS RELATIONS TO ITS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT a. Broadens knowledge. b. May increase and broaden interest in plants. e. Develops power to compare, discriminate, and group or classify. V 15 III. STUDY OF DANDELION (Continued) — B. Functional relations, or relations of dependence on and 3. Educational aim and value of such study of life and a. Interest is intensified and sympathy developed. PAGE d. Gives a broader knowledge, a better insight IV. STUDY OF HIGHER RELATIONS OF DANDELION 1. As a medicine and food. 2. As a weed to combat. 3. As a plaything for children. B. Contributes to man's higher nature 1. Cultivates the appreciation of beauty. 2. By its life and symbolism appeals to ethical nature. 3. Conditions, such as age and capacity of pupils. |