Curriculum
EPI curricula is divided into three parts: Pre-course, Core, and Optional components. Core components are taught in every EPI course. If you’ve got questions, contact us for additional information!
Pre Course
The Yellowstone Wildlife trunk will contain:
• A Natural History guidebook to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
• A video or DVD of Yellowstone
• A Map of the areas where we travel and work
• Curriculum pieces and reading to help prepare teachers and participants
Core Curriculum
Introduction
• EPI Goals and Mission
• Student Journals
• Rules and Safety
Science and Conservation
• Scientific Method
• Wildlife Basics and Research Introduction
• Research Skills, Methods, and Protocols
Groups have assisted on the following research projects:
• Goshawk surveys
• Building wolverine traps
• Grizzly bear sign transects
• White bark pine surveys
• Aspen distribution and growth patterns
• Specialist Groups and Data Review
• Research Presentations
• Greater Yellowstone Ecology
• Geology of the Northern Rockies
• Ecosystem Exploration
Cultural Exchange
• Visit with the Madison Valley Ranchland Association
• Research Presentations
• Transference Activities
Team Building and Initiatives
Optional Curriculum The possibilities are limited only by safety and Instructor creativity! Here are some popular examples
Conservation
• Camp with the Cows
• Habitat restoration: pulling old fence in migration corridors
• Vegetation Transects
Art and Observation
• The Ecology of Art
• Species Accounts
• Sound map
Processing and Transference
• Senses Poem
• Solo Sit
• Group Poetry