isua-isnscatalog-1880-1881-030

Description:	30 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.NATURAL SCIENCE.The course of study embraces the elements of the following branches of natural science: Physiology, physics, chemistry, botany, astronomy and geology. To each of the first four of these subjects a term of thirteen weeks is given, requiring careful daily preparation by the student. The last two are presented together in one term in the form of lectures. The instruction in each branch aims to present clearly the elementary facts of the subject, and to impress forcibly the relations that exist as the fundamental principles of the science.Special attention will be given to the following practical features of science instruction:1. The ready and easy manipulation of experiments.2. The construction of inexpensive, useful apparatus.3. The preparation of gross material for class illustration, particu¬larly in chemistry, botany and physiology.4. Freehand blackboard sketching.Physiology is introduced by tracing the animal kingdom through its stages of development, in the light of comparative anatomy. This, in part, atones for the omission of zoology from the course of study. The study of anatomy is made as complete as may be done by the use of the scalpel and microscope in the examination of recent mate¬ rial derived from slaughtered animals. Students are required to ex¬ amine hearts, lungs, intestines, glands, muscles, bones, brain, nerve, eyes, etc. In the general review of the organic processes of the body the nervous system receives special attention. Practical school and home hygiene is carefully treated.Physics is presented in both its phenomenal and mathematical phases. Attention is directed mainly toward :1. Tracing cause and effect in the action of physical force uponmatter, and determining and stating the fundamental laws of such action.2. The applications of natural law in the construction of simplemachines and in recent important inventions.In chemistry the class is instructed in the elements of inorganic chemistry—phenomenal and theoretical. Attention is given to the chemistry of common things. Brief investigation is made of the re¬ lations of chemistry to important industries. Students are required to practice in the laboratory in the preparation of experiments, and in simple analysis with blowpipe and wet re-agents.Botany is presented in such a manner as may best direct the student from the book to plants as living things. The following order is pursued:
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