Our Wonderful World by Emery Lewis Howe is a rich nature study book available for free download covering backyard neighbors, feathered friends, garden life, four-footed comrades, and the earth and its neighbors.
By covering one chapter a week, there are 32 weeks worth of lessons.
You’ll find options for downloading the free eBook, Our Wonderful World, and a free teacher’s guide on the Introduction page.
Free Nature Studies: Busy Plowmen (Earthworms)
Earthworms are tireless workers who prepare the soil so that plants can grow. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Ant Workers Part 1
Ants protect the aphids they rely on and ladybugs protect plants from aphids. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Ant Workers Part 2
There are many lessons we can learn by observing ants! Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Spider Weavers
Spiders are incredible weavers. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Spiders & Their Nests
Spiders create interesting cases to hold their eggs. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: The Honey Bee
Honey bees collect pollen and build hives where they store honey. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Butterflies & Moths
Butterflies live very short lives, progressing from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Hunting Birds With Eyes & Camera
Identify birds by observing the type of nests they build, the eggs they lay, their habits, and their habitats. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Bird Guardians (Owls)
Birds act as guardians by eating harmful insects and serving as scavengers. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Landlord to the Birds
Landlords to the birds provide shelter, a place to bathe, and food in the winter. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: How Plants Grow
Each part of a plant — root, stem, leaves, and flowers — has an important role to play. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: A Plant & Its Flower
Flowers protect the seeds that are necessary for the reproduction of the plant. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Roots
Roots have four main functions — storage, absorption, circulation, and anchorage. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Plants & Their Stems
Stems support and protect the plant, and store and transport food. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Green Leaf Factories (Leaves)
Leaves are the factories that manufacture the world’s food. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Wildflowers
One wildflower may contains many flowers in one head. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Bees and Flowers (Pollination)
Pollination enables seeds to be formed. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Trees
We receive many benefits from trees including fruits, nuts, and wood. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Fruit Trees and Forests
We play a role in protecting the trees that provide us shade, beauty, and service. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Seed Homes & Anatomy
A seed develops inside a plant’s fruit and consists of an embryo plant, food, and a protective covering. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: How Seeds Find New Homes (Dispersal)
Plants have many interesting and varying ways to spread their seeds! Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Our Daily Bread (Wheat)
The planting of a grain of wheat, to growth, harvest, milling, and a loaf of bread. Unit resources
Free Nature Studies: Dogs
Dogs serve man in a variety of ways, and man does well to care and protect them in return. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Horses
The horse is a faithful four-footed friend and valuable servant. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Working Like Beavers Part 1
Beavers work hard building homes, staying alert, and managing their fur. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Working Like Beavers Part 2
While beavers do harm, they nonetheless provide many benefits. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Sheep and Their Shepherds
Man tends sheep and continues to reap the benefits of the wool. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Sky & Clouds
Clouds begin with a small particle of dust. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: The Solar System
Planets, stars, and shooting stars. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: A Story of the Rocks
Soil is formed by weathered rocks and decayed plant and animal matter. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Water and Ice
Glaciers smoothed down mountains, built up hills, carved out lakes, and formed rivers. Unit resources.
Free Nature Studies: Counting Up {Review}
Study questions and review: 32 free nature study lessons included in Our Wonderful World.
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