Congratulations to the 2009 Curriculum Challenge Winners!
Seven teachers provide lessons for elementary, secondary, and university level teachers to use with students.
Lesson packets are in PDF.
Susan Flahive, Virginia
Math: Ryan’s Dog Expenses Technology/Math, Using Excel Spreadsheets, 7th grade and up. This lesson provides students an opportunity to practice math skills and record keeping.
Dean Barron, California
Dogs Count Mathematics/Statistics, Grades 6 – 12. Undergraduate University Level, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion. Students use race data to complete mathematical operations.
Jeannie Wolf, Texas:
Whatever Pulls Your Sled Science, grade 7-8, This lesson can be used as a science project or a science classroom ‘Friction’ lesson. Performing an experiment, keeping track of data, and research skills are evident in this lesson.
Amber Baur, California
Iditarod Web Quest All content areas, multidisciplinary, Grade 5 and up. View a PDF document highlighting Amber’s Web Quest. Better yet, visit the website and view the Web Quest.
Eric Smith, Minnesota
Podcasting the Last Great Race This lesson was created for use with middle school special education students but is appropriate for grades 4 – 8 as well. Language Arts/Communications Skills. Students research and create a podcast.
Julie Howard, North Carolina
Tales, Traditions, Trails, Bright Eyes and Bushy Tails South Carolina, Grades 3 – 8, Computer/Technology Integration, multidisciplinary. Research, creative writing, using the GPS Tracker, and other activities to jump start the curriculum.
Lynne Witte, Michigan
Postcards from the Iditarod Trail Reading, Language Arts, Technology, Geography, and History, Grades 2 – 5. Students research and create postcards that could be sent from checkpoints during the race.
