Science in the School

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Excerpt from Science in the School: A Course of Experimental Science and Nature-Study, With Teaching HintsAs a final result of his school training the pupil should have laid the foundations at least of an intelligent knowledge of living things, and of their relation to one another and to their surroundings, and should have become acquainted with the methods by which such questions are investigated. But this involves a preliminary study of matter and of the forces acting upon it in other words, before biological study can be successfully attempted some knowledge of physics and chemistry is necessary. The amount need not be very great, but the method of acquiring it must be sound. Further, to obtain any proper appreciation of physical and chemical changes, fairly accurate quantitative work is essential, and this involves, though only as a means to an end, a preliminary training in the making of exact measurements. A knowledge of the methods of measuring extension (length, area, volume), mass, density, time, circular movement, degree of heat, and the like, and practice in using the instruments of precision by which these are reckoned make a necessary first claim 011 the young student.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.