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- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students research the famous Alaskan Iditarod Dog Team Race. They read biographies of notable 'mushers', choose one of 70+ teams and track the daily mileage and location. They keep a journal to record their findings. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students study the history of the Iditarod sled dog race. They research facts related to biology, sled dogs, and geography in order to put that history in perspective. Full Review »
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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 »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students write an essay about the treatment of sled dogs. They select a point of view and attempt to persuade others of their opinion. Students research the Iditarod and the lives/treatment of sled dogs. They read onfiction books on the topic. Students use a graphic organizer to organize their notes, and a writing workshop for help with formatting their information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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