School Curriculum

Keeping Track offers a field-based curriculum for grades 4-8

Keeping Track of Our Wildlife Neighbors" is a forty page curriculum guide that accompanies our field-based workshops and in-class presentations. The guide has seven chapters and a detailed resource section providing complete documentation of the Vermont Standards addressed, along with additional books, journal articles, and videos. The following are the key elements of the curriculum:

• A detailed introduction and description of Keeping Track's Youth Program.
• "Driving Questions" that provide an inquiry-based approach.
• A curriculum matrix that matches the "Driving Questions" with the Vermont Standards that are addressed, criteria for assessment, enabling activities, and assessment exercises.
• Matching Vermont Standards: 1.12, 1.15, 1.17, 1.19, 1.22, 1.4, 3.9, 4.6, 6.7, 7.13, 7.15, 7.2.
• An entire section devoted to key terminology, definitions, and concepts.
• Preliminary and follow-up activities and evaluations for teachers.
• Detailed descriptions of Keeping Track's in-class and field workshops.
• Evaluation rubrics and culminating activities for teachers to measure student achievement.