Handbook of Nature Study: Introduction

by Anna Botsford Comstock

This first section of the Handbook of Nature Study  explains what nature study is, what its benefits are, how to conduct the lessons, and how nature study is related to other subjects in the curriculum.

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First published December 28, 2012

About the author

Anna Botsford Comstock (1854-1930) was an acclaimed author, illustrator, and educator of natural studies. The first female professor at Cornell University, her over 900-page work, The Handbook of Nature Study (1911), is now in its 24th edition. Comstock was an American artist and wood engraver known for illustrating entomological text books with her her husband, John Henry Comstock including their first joint effort, The Manual for the Study of Insects (1885). She wrote Confessions To A Heathen Idol, published in 1906, under the name Marian Lee.

Reviews

[Priscilla S. Bengtson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first time I have read the intro, and I had the realization that I am not very attentive to nature! There is so, so much in here that is around my eyes all the time, but for some reason, my eyes don’t see it. It’s like I’m walking around blind to what’s all around me! So much in here. I feel like I would have to read it 10 times just to get the surface of all of the knowledge in it!

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

This whole series is amazing. Such an excellent way to teach science to elementary school students. I'm excited to learn so much myself!