Definition of Nature study

1. Noun. The study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level).

Generic synonyms: Enquiry, Inquiry, Research

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nature Study

naturalness
naturalnesses
naturals
nature
nature-nurture issue
nature morte
nature of the beast
nature preserve
nature preserves
nature printing
nature reserve
nature strip
nature strips
nature study (current term)
nature worship
natured
natureless
naturelessness
natures
naturing
naturism
naturisms
naturist
naturistic
naturists
naturity
naturize
naturized

Literary usage of Nature study

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"nature study 15:205-6 My '19 Nature-study situation in Kansas for 1917-18. ... ¡I nature study 12:35S-65 N '16 Opportunity for research in the problems of ..."

2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1919)
"nature study in the Elementary Schools. ESTHER M. CUNNINGHAM, WORCESTER, ... in the elementary grades of Tl the public schools today of more nature study. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"nature study.1 — Two little text books on nature study, designed for use in the ... Carter's nature study with Common Things is intended especially for city ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The author intends these charts to be used in nature study, so that we are to ... The teachers of nature study who know Nature, and ' who have depended for ..."

5. Proceedings of the Annual Conference by Indiana Science Teachers' Association, American Society of University Composers (1906)
"The advocates of nature study lay stress upon training the feelings. Surely this is good pedagogy, and is not to be lost sight of in teaching any subject in ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"It may be worth while to call attention to the fact that ' nature study ' holds no relation to the study of the subject-matter as presented in text-books, ..."

7. The Study of Nature by Samuel Christian Schmucker (1908)
"THE STUDY OF NATURE SECTION I—THE THEORY I WHAT nature study IS 1. nature study is the study of nature. Whenever the teacher has any question in his mind as ..."

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