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- 3rd - 5th
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Students read the novel Stone Fox and demonstrate an understanding of sleds after researching sled dogs and sleds on the Web and in books. They create dog sleds using research information, write a new ending to the book, and make relevant posters. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use their problem-solving skills to answer math problems. They determine the cost of feeding sled dogs. They share their answers with the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students, in groups, research the controversial issue of dog sled racing. They evaluate websites for bias, document all sources and present their conclusions in a non-biased style being careful to consider both sides of the issue. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students plan and create a dog sled out of craft sticks, buckskin and hot glue after reading Gary Paulsen's novel, Woodsong. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students use the Iditarod Sled Dog Race as a vehicle for exciting, authentic studying tasks that meet content standards in reading, writing, and communication. They access that people can achieve their goals in spite of age, gender, race, disabilities, mistakes, or adversity. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students describe the origins of the Iditarod Race and identify the defining characteristics of the Iditarod - what it is, where it takes place, when and why it takes place, its rules, and its participants. After gathering information, students describe the training and preparation that is required by an Iditarod musher and their dog team. Information is presented in journals, flow charts, interviews, and fictional stories. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students follow the Iditirod sled dog race on the Internet and television. Students select a musher to keep track of on the internet throughout the race. Students keep a journal as though they were the musher they are keeping track of. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of the Iditarod race held in Alaska. They conduct research that focuses upon interviews of participants in order to comprehend the correct treatment for the dogs. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use Internet, video and text resources to gather information about the Amundsen/Scott race for the South Pole in 1911-12, dog sledding, and the ethical treatment of animals for science. They set up a debate to determine the morality of the decisions made by Amundsen. Full Review »
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- 1st - 8th
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Students conduct research on dog sledding and the Iditarod dog sledding competition. They conduct research and write a report, then using a variety of craft materials design and create a dogsled musher and sled dogs to present with their written report. Full Review »
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