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Wildflowers of the Farm
Posted in Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on September 11, 2013
Almost all plants, including large trees, have flowers–they are flowering plants. Just a few plants have no flower; ferns have none, nor have the mosses and lichens which grow on walls and rocks and on the stems of trees. Fungi, too, such as the mushroom, have no flowers. Nearly all other plants have flowers. It Read More »
The Defense of the Castle
Posted in High School, Public Domain, Western Civilization on August 31, 2013
For it should be remembered in reading history that war has both its science and its art, and that great warriors have been adepts in both, and by both have preserved civilization against the external and internal enemies who would have destroyed it. This is the story of the siege on an English castle during Read More »
The Potter’s Craft
Posted in Art, High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 31, 2013
The production of pottery was, at first, the supplying of a need. Clay offered a medium for the making of household utensils which were at once fireproof and impervious. The work does not belong strictly to the earliest stages of civilization but is a development of advancing refinement. The artist interested in clay and pottery Read More »
Microscopes – History, Use, and Lessons
Posted in Public Domain, Science on August 22, 2013
Microscope, the name of an instrument for enabling the eye to see distinctly objects which are placed at a very short distance from it, or to see magnified images of small objects, and therefore to see smaller objects than would otherwise be visible. The name is derived from the two Greek words, expressing this property, Read More »
A Selection of Science Readers
Posted in Public Domain, Science on August 22, 2013
Old science readers can be fun to read and look at. They are not usually up to date on many topics, but with careful research and supplementation they can make a fine addition to a study of science. One way we use public domain science readers is by looking at their illustrations and discussing how Read More »
