Facilities will be provided for making collections of common plants for subsequent reference. Students are recommended to bring a flora and a vasculum.
If time permits, a demonstration will be given towards the end of the course on the arrangement and carrying out of simple experiments in plant physiology.
STUDIES IN POND LIFE, INSECTS AND BIRDS, GEOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
By Miss Hibbert-Ware (Science Mistress at Queen Margaret’s School, Scarborough)
Pond Life.—The management of aquaria. The life-history, breathing, adaptations, etc., of the various aquatic creatures obtained on the excursions.
Insect Life.—Some garden friends and foes (e.g., ladybird, cockchafer).
Birds.—The habits and call notes of common British birds so far as they can be studied during August. Opportunity will be given to students of learning to identify the birds from museum specimens, and also of preparing the skins of birds and small mammals for class use.
Geology.—The origin, composition, and history of some common rocks and fossils, especially those observed and collected on the excursions.
Astronomy.—The subjects of four of the evening lectures will be: 1. The solar system; 2 and 3. The starry heavens; 4. The earth as a member of the solar system.
A part of these lectures will be held out-of-doors.