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Iditarod Teachers News
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
www.iditarod.com
Teachers in Alaska and across the nation have
discovered that Iditarod based lessons are an
effective way to engage students in real time
learning. Iditarods website has become a
resource of information and a warehouse full of
standards aligned lessons and activities that are
easy to use not just during the race, but all
school year. 2009 2010 promises to be a year
that brings more lessons to teachers than any
other year. Join us!
Iditarod works as a topic for classroom because
students discover that many of the concepts
associated with the race, are interesting and
capture their imagination. Science, math, and
all content areas can be enhanced through
Iditarod based lessons. Cultural standards and
life skills blend with the lessons in a natural
way due to the real life skills mushers and the
canine athletes.
Technology brings the race to the
classroom. Students complete standards aligned
lessons
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Iditarod Teachers News
www.iditarod.com
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
Science Instructional Focus
(Science) January 2010 ! Coming to Iditarods
website! Sled into Science With Us! Watch for
our new science curriculum that will boost your
current curriculum by providing Iditarod based
activities that challenge your students to answer
the big questions and focus on the science
standards. Look for Science project ideas 5
Challenging Questions Iditarod Insider Daily
Lessons for Math and Science Instruction.
Science Project Example Does friction play a
role in how fast a musher s sled moves , turns,
or stops? Can the musher increase their
potential energy? Materials for Experiment sheet
of plastic to act as the trail to do the
experiment on, handle put on the top of the
plastic to run the twine over during the
experiment and help bricks have a more constant
speed/force during each trial, digital scale,
sled runner plastic (sample pieces) tinfoil,
plastic wrap, sand paper, wax paper, pieces of
wood, tape, bricks, weights, chord
What Ever Pulls My sled!
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Iditarod Teachers News
www.iditarod.com
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
Coming Soon! Boost Math Scores
With our Iditarod math activities, your
classrooms math instruction can be an out of the
text book, hands on, real life based, and an
engaging experience for your students to practice
and reinforce math skills. Step out of the math
book and away from the worksheets but continue
with the standards that you teach. Use our
mushing through math activities! In January,
youll find a new updated problem solving
activity packet for your students.
For the 2010 race, we are placing on the website
a PDF packet of race stats for math lesson
designed to use problem solving to predict
outcomes mathematically and practice skills in
graphing. (Stats are found at the Teaching
Resources menu tab.) During the race at the
Teachers section of the website, we will
provide you a daily math problem based on what is
happening during the race. Real time math
opportunities will enrich your current math
curriculum.
Preschool Students Learn to Create Graphs Using
Doggie Treats
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Iditarod Teachers News
www.iditarod.com Iditarod Insider in Schools
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
Iditarod Insider Becomes an Instructional Tool
Iditarod Insider is the section of the website
that provides video and GPS Tracking. This year,
were taking a giant mathematical and scientific
leap by providing on the For Teachers section of
the site--- a daily update for teachers with
instructions on how to use the video clips from
the previous day, in their classroom to
reinforces standards and objectives in all
content areas. Our educational team will help
you put the educational focus on the daily race
updates.
This INSIDER UPDATE will help you identify the
best video clips and provide suggestions for
you to maximize the learning. Iditarod Insider
is more than current events, it is real life
lessons for your students. Iditarod Insider is a
pay for use section of the website. We are
actively seeking a sponsor to provide this free
to schools in Alaska during the 2010. Our
eventual goal is that Iditarod Insider be offered
to all schools in the nation as a free resource.
Student in Nome Review Insider Video
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Iditarod Teachers News
www.iditarod.com Iditarod Insider in Schools
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
Iditarod is a Tool For All Curriculum Areas!
Iditarod can be used in any grade level and with
all curriculum areas Language Arts, Social
Studies, Health, and the Fine Arts are part of
our Iditarod Based multiple intelligence
approach to teaching and learning. Creating maps
to scale is one example of using math and social
studies skills. The Iditarod provides topics for
journal writing, research, creative writing, and
all of the traits of reading and writing.
The website has been recently updated to provide
teachers with a comprehensive list of Iditarod
and Alaska books. Click at the teachers
section, Books About Iditarod and Alaska to
learn more. A FOR STUDENTS page has been added
to the website just for kids.
Students create maps of the Iditarod Trail
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Iditarod Teachers News
www.iditarod.com Iditarod Insider in Schools
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
Iditarod is a Tool For All Curriculum Areas!
Watch for our new project Helping Students
Succeed Iditarod Style! The Iditarod Mushers are
individuals that our youth see in the news and in
Alaska, sometimes in their own communities. What
lessons can we learn from the mushers, the dogs,
the volunteers, and even the canine athletes that
help lead students to making positive choices in
life and grow up to live healthy lives and impact
their communities positively?
Weve accepted to take the challenge to bring to
you the race in a new way and provide you with
interviews, stories, and lesson ideas that help
students think about healthy living and good
decision making. Watch for this in January! A
partner in this endeavor is the Alaska National
Guard and their Stay on Track program.
Helping Students Succeed Iditarod Style!
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Iditarod Teachers News
www.iditarod.com Iditarod Insider in Schools
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
Iditarod is a Tool For All Curriculum Areas!
Research SHOWS that students are more
academically successful when teachers are
involved in creating the curriculum. Teachers
know what works! We are proud to provide a
collaboration zone on the website so teachers
send us lessons and projects that they are using
so other teachers can use the lessons in their
own classroom.
We invite you to share your ideas with
us! Send to djohnson_at_iditarod.com
Helping Students Succeed Iditarod Style!
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Iditarod Teachers News
www.iditarod.com Iditarod Insider in Schools
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
Visit the Teachers Section of www.iditarod.com

Use the menu on the right side of the page to
locate lessons and links to use with students.
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Iditarod Teachers News
Iditarod as a Teachers Tool for Math and Science
2009- 2010
www.iditarod.com
Teachers around the world are using Iditarod as a
tool in the educational process. Join us! Better
yet, be a part of the team of educators making a
difference the Iditarod way! Contact us for
additional information!
Visit www.iditarod.com each week for Iditarod
news and information about teaching and
learning. Dont forget! Weve two exciting
teacher workshops held in the Anchorage area each
year. You can earn university credit as you
develop enrichment lessons for your curriculum.