"EVERYDAY LIVING" 15 VI. How does conflict help to maintain the balance of life? VII. How are living things fitted to the environment in which they live? PUTTING POWER TO USE (Four weeks) I. How do we make use of the force of gravity in our everyday living? II. In what ways do we attempt to control motion and make the energy of motion serve us? III. Why would our present methods of living be impossible without the energy of heat? IV. How have we used our knowledge of electricity? V. How have we improved our method of using energy in our everyday living? GOING AND GROWING I. How can we know our powers? II. How can we strengthen our powers? III. How can we use our powers? (Approximately one week) FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE MAKING THE MOST OF OUR LOOKS (Approximately seven weeks) I. What is the importance of personal appearance? II. What is a good complexion and how can we insure ours? III. How can we keep our hair most attractive? IV. What can we do to have attractive hands, feet, and nails? V. How do our living practices influence our personal appearance? VI. How do we express ourselves through our clothes? TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER (Approximately eight weeks) I. What are stars? II. What is the center of our universe? III. What causes the moon to shine? IV. How does the energy of the sun cause weather? V. How does the weather man study the weather? VI. What is the difference between weather and climate? SEEING THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY (Approximately seven weeks) I. How does weather aid in the formation of soil? II. What forces change the earth's face? III. How old is the earth? IV. What kinds of plants and animals lived in the past? V. What do green plants need to produce the foods we eat? VI. What animals help us or hinder us in our production of food?