Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 1, credited to Anna Botsford Comstock, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 1, by Anna Botsford Comstock. Read by Jill Engle. Handbook of Nature-Study was written by Anna Botsford Comstock during an era of growing societal concern for man's treatment of the natural world. Out of this concern grew the nature study movement which sought to teach science to school children (and others) through direct observation of nature by the students themselves instead of by the study of nature books. The book is written as a guide for teachers instructing their classes in nature study and includes a wealth of information about plants, animals, the earth, and the sky along with suggestions for guiding students in their observations. Today, both students and teachers will find the clear, uncomplicated but detailed descriptions of the natural world fascinating and educationally inspiring. This recording includes Part I, The Teaching of Nature-Study and Part II, Animal Life, Chapter I, Bird Study. (Summary by Jill Engle)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 1
• Author credits: Anna Botsford Comstock
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 7:28:13

Catalogue topics

• children
• nature
• animals
• birds
• science

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 001 - Part I: 'What Nature-Study is' to 'The Relation of Nature-Study to Science' — 19:09
2. 002 - Part I: 'Nature-Study not for Drill' to 'The Story as a Supplement to the Nature-Study Lesson' — 20:09
3. 003 - Part I: 'The Nature-Study Attitude toward Life and Death' to 'Pets as Nature-Study Subjects' — 14:09
4. 004 - Part I: 'The Correlation of Nature-Study with Language Work' to 'Gardening and Nature-Study' — 18:01
5. 005 - Part I: 'Nature-Study and Agriculture' to 'How to Use this Book' — 13:17
6. 006 - Part II: Chapter I: Bird Study Intro & Beginning Bird Study in the Primary Grades — 5:14
7. 007 - Part II: Chapter I: Feathers as Clothing — 6:40
8. 008 - Part II: Chapter I: Feathers as Ornament — 8:16
9. 009 - Part II: Chapter I: How Birds Fly — 7:09
10. 010 - Part II: Chapter I: Eyes and Ears of Birds — 3:39
11. 011 - Part II: Chapter I: The Form and Use of Beaks — 6:37
12. 012 - Part II: Chapter I: The Feet of Birds — 5:06
13. 013 - Part II: Chapter I: Chicken Ways — 8:17
14. 014 - Part II: Chapter I: Pigeons — 11:00
15. 015 - Part II: Chapter I: The Canary and the Goldfinch — 16:58
16. 016 - Part II: Chapter I: The Robin — 18:13
17. 017 - Part II: Chapter I: The Bluebird — 9:33
18. 018 - Part II: Chapter I: The White-breasted Nuthatch — 8:42
19. 019 - Part II: Chapter I: The Chickadee — 8:22
20. 020 - Part II: Chapter I: The Downy Woodpecker — 14:13
21. 021 - Part II: Chapter I: The Sapsucker — 7:00
22. 022 - Part II: Chapter I: The Redheaded Woodpecker — 6:52
23. 023 - Part II: Chapter I: The Flicker or Yellow-hammer — 8:00
24. 024 - Part II: Chapter I: The Meadowlark — 10:09

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