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HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY.
ITEM #: EE-12106
PRICE: $27.95
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| HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY. Comstock. First published in 1911 by Anna Comstock, founder of the Department of Nature Study at Cornell University, this 887 page volume has inspired thousands of elementary school teachers to develop their own outdoor study programs. What is more amazing is that this volume, updated in 1939, can still be used to teach the essential elements of the scientific method, mainly by engaging students in the study of the myriad life that surrounds them. Like many great literary works, books such as this are timeless in their approach and insight. Some parts could have been written today, such as the discussion of how the study of nature can help build healthy, observant, well-rounded citizens (as now documented in the recently published book Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv). Education, like everything else, has cyclical trends and once again schools are in the process of discovering just how much learning can occur when students go outside and explore nature. #EE-12106.
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