MAP OF THE HOME GROUNDS

TIME WHENEVER CONVENIENT

Object: To make a map of the home grounds, and find in whose home an effort is made to make the surroundings attractive.

Material needed: Paper and pencil.

NOTE.-Fig. 58 shows a school as it was before being improved; Fig. 59 shows improvements gained by planting shrubs and removing fences; and Fig. 60 shows a ground plan of

the place after planting. This last will serve as a model for making a similar map of the home grounds.

DIRECTIONS

1. Use Fig. 60 as a model and draw a map of your home. Locate all the buildings, fences, paths, trees, flower beds, etc.

2. After having drawn the map, write a complete description and attach it.

3. Make a list of all the trees, shrubs, and flowers in the home grounds. Ask other members of the family to assist, if you have any difficulty in naming them.

QUESTIONS

1. Should boys assist in beautifying the grounds at home?

2. Why do you usually see prettier grounds in

the city than in the country?

3. Is there a good lawn at your home?

4. What kind of grass makes the best lawn?

FIG. 60-PLAN OF IMPROVED SCHOOL GROUNDS

ORDERS OF INSECTS

TIME: FALL TERM

Object: To become familiar with the different orders of insects.

Material needed: Note-book and pencil.

NOTE.-Insects are distinguished from other animals by the three parts of the body: head, thorax, and abdomen; three pairs of jointed legs, and generally two pairs of wings. A few are wingless.

Mature insects have a more or less hardened skin, to which the muscles are attached. The eyes are compound, being composed of a very large number of hexagonal corneæ, from 50 in the ant to many thousand in the winged insects. The mouths are adapted for either sucking or biting. There are four metamorphoses, or periods of growth: egg, larvæ, pupa, and adult. When all four are passed through by an insect the metamorphoses are said to be complete; if only three, incomplete. Growth takes place only during the larval period. The length of life of an adult ranges from a few hours to several years. The larvæ are hatched from eggs or, in a few cases, born alive. There are more than 250,000 species, grouped in orders, of which the following are the principal:

Order 1. Orthoptera.-Wings, four, front pair slightly thickened, hind pair transparent, broad and folded; hind legs usually large and fitted for leaping; land insects, biting mouths. Examples: Crickets, locusts, and grasshoppers.

Order 2. Neuroptera.-Bodies long and slender; wings,