70 TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Smaller amounts are not available. This amount will sup- ply the elementary school for two or three years. 1- Alcohol burner (glass form) 5 ft. Rubber tubing to fit 6 mm. glass tubing 4- Minature light bulbs (for battery voltage) 2- Pyrex flasks 250 cc. Florence Flat bottom 4- Beakers Pyrex 400 cc. low form with lip 2- Wire test tube clamps 1- Thermometer Fahrenheit-Centigrade 6- Test tubes Pyrex 6" lengths 1- Wire gauze 4" x 4". Asbestos center 1- Funnel, glass 3" dia. The following are a few of the many supply houses from which these materials may be ordered: Central Scientific Company 1700 Irving Park Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. 220 East 42nd Street, New York, New York. Chicago Apparatus Company 1735 North Ashland Ave., Chicago, Illinois. W. M. Welch Manufacturing Company 1515 Sedgwick Street, Chicago, Illinois SELECTED REFERENCES FOR TEACHERS Several kinds of printed material are available to teachers for guidance and for resource use. A few outstanding examples of three types are listed here: one, professional books, bulletins, and magazines; two, publications available through state agen- cies; three inexpensive reference material. Professional Literature for Teachers of Elementary Science BOOKS AND BULLETINS Individuals interested in teaching science in the elementary school and in the construction of a curriculum in this field will wish to become familiar with these more recent books which treat the teaching of science in the elementary school in its many phases. 1. Arey, Charles K., Science Experiences for Elementary Schools, New York: Bureau of Publication, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1942, 80 p. 54c. A clear presentation of many experiments and activi- ties suitable for elementary grades. 2. Brandley, Franklin, Science Experiments for Ten to Twelve Year Olds. 3. Craig, Gerald S., Science for the Elementary School Teacher, New York: Ginn and Company, 1940, 55 p. $2.90. An excellent reference book for all teachers in the elementary grades. It presents a discus- sion of the place of science in the elementary school. It presents many