Exiting news for Oregon educators and Safe Routes to School partners: Neighborhood Navigators is ready to download and take to the classroom!
At a time when many schools lack funding for physical education and nutrition classes, the BTA and Oregon Safe Routes to School (SRTS) have partnered to develop and produce the Neighborhood Navigators curriculum and make it available free to Oregon educators.
The BTA gives special thanks to Lynne Mutrie of Mutrie Consulting for initiating, writing, reviewing, and managing the project. Thanks also to our partners at ODOT and to the teachers who participated in the pilot test of the program.
Click here to download the curriculum by section.
Sample page from the curriculum for K-3 students.
This curriculum focuses on efficient and healthy transportation choices, pedestrian safety, and community and neighborhood design. Geared toward students in kindergarten through eighth grade, the curriculum teaches younger students safe pedestrian behavior and reinforces the benefits of walking and biking. Older students learn how transportation decisions affect personal, environmental, health, and community design. The curriculum includes age-appropriate knowledge and skill practice for each grade.
Download the Neighborhood Navigators curriculum by section:
Neighborhood Navigators was produced through a grant to the BTA from Oregon’s Safe Routes to School program.
Thank you for the materials! I’m a Oregonian living in Hungary and I think these materials can help our family talk about biking and safety in our town here. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Very cool. How does your town in Hungary compare to Oregon for walking and biking?