| Handbook of Nature Study Contributor(s): Comstock, Anna Botsford (Author) |
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ISBN: 1849020442 ISBN-13: 9781849020442 Publisher: Benediction Classics OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Science | Natural History - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 508 |
| Physical Information: 1.63" H x 6" W x 9" (2.35 lbs) 740 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The late Anna Botsford Comstock was the founder and first head of the Department of Nature Study at Cornell University and the first woman to be appointed to the Cornell faculty. Anna Botsford Comstock pioneered teaching students about nature in the outdoors, and not on the classroom. This book was originally written in 1911 for elementary school teachers, but today it wonderful for introducing children and adults to the appreciation of to nature as experienced in everyday life. |
