Inasmuch as this work is planned for the winter months the
laboratory side must be largely museum and reference work.
It is to be expected that the teacher will wish to refer to
much of this work at the time work is done on a given group.
But it is pedagogically desirable that the work as planned
should be _varied_. Interest is thus held. Outlines prepared
by the teacher to be filled in by the student are desirable
because they lead the pupil to individual selection of what
seems to _him_ as important material. Opportunity should be
given for laboratory exercises based on original sources.
The pupils should be made to use reports of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, the Biological Survey, various
States Reports, and others.
Special home laboratory reports may be well made at this
time, for example: determination at a local fish market of
the fish that are cheap and fresh at a given time. Have the
students give reasons for this. Study conditions in the meat
market in a similar manner. Other local food conditions may
also be studied first hand.