Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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of natui'al liistoi'v s))cciiiiciis for circu- lation in the piihiK- schools of New York. The ))ur))osc of these collections was to ))lacc in the hands of the teach- ers the niati'rial that was needed to present properly the subject of iiaturt study. Each collection is accompanied by a leaflet ,e;i\'infi" facts on the strtictiu-e, habits and characteristics of tlie i)ar- ticular species in the collection. These notes are necessarily brief and are in- tended chiefly as suggestions to teachers. A bibliography of the subjects treated is appended to each set of notes. F'roni small beginnings this work has grown until to-day nearly four hun- dred schools, some of which are twenty- five miles from the Museum, are receiv- ing the collections regularly. At the present time the circulating collections that are availal)le for loan to schools and the grades to which each is adapted are as follows:
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Schools to vi.sit at the Museum a spiciul ixhil)it Native Birds. Adapted for Grades 1A—4B Owl Set — Containing owl. chickadee, nuthatch, .song .sparrow, kinglet Blue Jay Set — Containing blue jay, woodpecker, crossbill, junco. English sparrow Robin Set — Containing robin, red-winged blackbird, oriole, meadow-lark, cliipping sparrow Bluebird Set — (\)ntaining hlucl)ird, pha'be, barn swallow, house wren, chimney swift Tanager Set—Containing scarlet tunager, red-eyed vireo, goldl'mch. Iiumming- bird, pigeon Insects. Adapted for Grades .^.1—.5.1 Containing cynthia and cccropia moths, monarch l)uttertly, etc.. and typical repre- sentatives of the different groups of insects Special Insects. Adapted for Grades .2A-oA Containing Ufe history of cecropia moth, development of nionarcli huiterfly. life and work of honey-bee and household insects Mollusks. Adapted for Grades 4A-5A Containing shells of about twenty-five mollusks, including si)ecimens of the oyster clam and chambered nautilus 243

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