Curated OER
Inuit Sled Dogs
This is a terrific resource! Have your class learn about Inuit sled dogs using this lesson plan. They discuss how the Inuit travel and the needs of their sled dogs. This lesson plan includes a math activity, discussion questions and a...
Curated OER
Sled Dogs
In this sled dogs learning exercise, students review and discuss eighteen key terms associated with sled dogs and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Sled Dogs Save Nome
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the sled dogs who inspired the Iditarod. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Curated OER
Dogsled Adventure
Young scholars 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...
Curated OER
History o the Husky
Students discuss the types of dogs used in dog sledding. For this social science lesson, students define mushing and begin to understand what the Iditarod race is. Students also explore how to take care of the dogs.
Curated OER
Reading Comprehension 1: Level 9
The Iditarod Trail and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are the focus of a comprehension assessment. Readers must identify the main idea of the passage, draw inferences, define words using context clues, and identify the organizational...
Curated OER
Order! Order!
Polish organization skills in your youngsters. With this lesson, they are introduced to the trait of organization and participate in activities that reinforce organization. They cut apart a familiar story, receive different...
Curated OER
ESL Holiday Lessons: National Dog Day
In this language skills worksheet, learners read an article regarding National Dog Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble ...
Curated OER
Looking for Trouble - Using the Internet to Research Structured Controversy
Discuss controversial issues with your charges. More importantly, discuss how you have to research both sides of a controversy before taking a stance. In groups, middle schoolers research the controversial issue of dog sled racing. They...
Curated OER
The Iditarod Race Compared with the Movie, Iron Will
Feel the freezing rush of an Alaskan sled dog race in this reading lesson. Using research about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, seventh graders compare and contrast the depiction in the movie Iron Will. The lesson lasts for seven days...
Curated OER
Lectura Treinta y Dos: el lobo
Intermediate Spanish classes read a few paragraphs about two campers, their sled dogs, and a pack of curious wolves. Assess their reading comprehension with the seven questions that follow. The final question encourages readers to draw...
Curated OER
Dogs
In this informational comprehension worksheet, 3rd graders read the passage about dogs and complete 10 multiple choice questions about the passage.
Curated OER
Dog Lot Math
Young scholars use their problem-solving skills to answer math problems. They determine the cost of feeding sled dogs. They share their answers with the class.
Curated OER
Man's Best Friend
Learners compare human and dog senses. In this biology lesson, students describe different ways that dogs help humans. They research and create a presentation about a modern dog hero.
Curated OER
The Mini-Me People Iditarod
High schoolers participate in the "Iditarod" sled race. In this Iditarod lesson plan, students build their own sleds and pull their classmates to checkpoints. They use mushing terms and get timed to see how fast they go.
Curated OER
Why Amundsen Killed His Dogs
Middle schoolers 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...
Rochester Institute of Technology
Heat Transfer
Use an exciting role play activity to teach young chemists about the importance of heat transfer in maintaining homeostasis. They assume the role of a dog sled owner who has been abandoned and must fend for themselves with only a...
Curated OER
Recreate the Race
Students research and find the route of the Alaskan dog sled race.In this Iditarod race lesson students find the checkpoints for the Iditarod on a map. Students research information in pairs about each one of the checkpoints. Students...
EngageNY
Close Reading: “Dog Sleds” and “Kayak”
Visualize it! Scholars read pages 12–15 of The Inuit Thought of It and create a visual gist of the text. They then do a close read of the text and create a natural environment anchor chart before answering text-dependent questions.
Curated OER
The Musher's Trail
Second graders follow the Iditarod race that begins in March. They research data and select a musher to trail in the race. Then they write daily in a journal about events that happen on the trail, including pictures from the Website.
Curated OER
Grinch Reading Comprehension
In this Grinch reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 various types of questions about the story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." First, they describe who the Grinch was, where he lived, and what his dog's name was....
Curated OER
High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Dog Lot Math
Students determine the cost of feeding dogs during the winter and summer months when using commercially produced dog food.
Curated OER
Iditarod Slide Show
Second graders read The True Story of Balto, research Alaskan Iditarod, select factual information, and prepare presentation on the computer to present to their classmates.
Curated OER
Adapting to the World
Students consider dog breeds that are helpful to humans and their hereditary link to wolves. In this biology lesson, student research a dog breed for traits that make it useful to humans. Students write a report of how these traits...