TY  - BOOK
AU  - OntarioDepartment of Education
TI  - Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study
AV  - LBQ 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Ontario
KW  - Nature study
N1  - Release date is 2008-07-28; Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Josephine Paolucci and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net.
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N2  - "Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study" by Ontario Department of Education is a comprehensive educational manual written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a guide for teachers in Ontario to implement nature study lessons in elementary education. The manual outlines various methods, materials, and lesson topics aimed at fostering children's observational skills and understanding of the natural world.  At the start of this manual, the authors emphasize the significance of nature study and its role in engaging students with their environment. The opening sections detail the aims of nature study, advocating for hands-on experience with natural elements, and underline the importance of adapting lessons to suit local conditions and seasons. It stresses the necessity for teachers to inspire genuine interest in nature among pupils, supporting this goal with strategies such as school excursions and practical gardening activities, engaging each learner directly in the observation of plants, animals, and their ecosystems. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26139
ER  -