CORE Curriculum Development 2

Question 1

When designing a CORE curriculum unit on wildlife habitat, which instructional approach best aligns with place-based education principles?

Accepted Answer

Conducting fieldwork in local ecosystems students can revisit

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Using standardized national textbooks as the primary resource

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Watching documentary films about distant wilderness areas

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Memorizing definitions from a glossary before outdoor activities

Question 2

A CORE educator wants to assess whether students can transfer conservation knowledge to new situations. Which assessment type best measures transfer?

Accepted Answer

A novel scenario where students propose a management plan for an unfamiliar habitat

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A matching quiz linking vocabulary to definitions

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A multiple-choice test on lecture notes

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A worksheet completed during the lesson

Question 3

Which curriculum framework is most commonly referenced for sequencing outdoor education skill progressions from beginner to advanced levels?

Accepted Answer

Scope and Sequence planning

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Bloom's Taxonomy

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Understanding by Design (UbD)

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Madeline Hunter's lesson design

Question 4

A CORE program developer is reviewing lesson materials for cultural responsiveness. Which revision would most improve cultural responsiveness?

Accepted Answer

Including Indigenous land stewardship practices alongside Western conservation science

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Adding more technical terminology about ecology

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Replacing all photos with diagrams

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Focusing exclusively on federal conservation law history

Question 5

Which element of backward design (UbD) is completed FIRST when building a CORE unit?

Accepted Answer

Identifying desired results and learning goals

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Selecting engaging activities and field experiences

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Choosing assessment formats

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Gathering instructional resources

Question 6

How should a CORE curriculum address the concept of 'carrying capacity' across multiple grade levels?

Accepted Answer

Use concrete examples at lower grades and increase abstraction and quantitative analysis at higher grades

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Introduce the full mathematical formula in all grade levels simultaneously

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Reserve the concept entirely for high school

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Teach it only in the context of marine ecosystems

Question 7

A CORE curriculum developer wants to integrate mathematics standards into a conservation unit. Which activity best achieves authentic cross-curricular integration?

Accepted Answer

Using wildlife population data for students to calculate growth rates and graph population trends

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Having students solve word problems about animals after the conservation lesson ends

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Reading a math textbook chapter before the field trip

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Writing a math-themed poem about endangered species