Date of Award
8-1938
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
First Advisor
Harry H. Hall
Keywords
Biology -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Kansas -- Cherryvale
Abstract
The biological materials considered were selected from the great variety of plant and animal life characteristic of the Cherryvale, Kansas, community.
These materials were studied by observing living specimens in the field and classroom and by working with preserved specimens in the laboratory. A brief discussion of the habits, habitats, and economic values of each group is given and methods of collecting, preserving and using available biological materials were compiled.
The animals found to be most plentiful and easily obtained for study were seventy species of insects belonging to eleven orders and forty-four families; thirteen species of dish belonging to five orders and eight families; five species of amphibians belonging to two orders and four families; thirteen species of reptiles belonging to three orders and nine families; forty-six species of birds belonging to eleven orders and twenty-six families; and fourteen species of mammals belonging to five orders and ten families.
The plants most suitable for study were fifty-nine species of weeds belonging to twenty-six families; thirty-one species of flowers belonging to twenty families and forty-one species of trees belonging to sixteen families.
Besides the common name, each species was classified according to Order, Family, Genus and Species.
Recommended Citation
Willey, Warren Frederick, "Plant and animal materials available for study in a course of biology in Cherryvale High School : with methods of collecting, preserving and using these materials" (1938). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 548.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/548
