I Kid A Rod

01/06/2010
A Human Iditarod in Minnesota

Information and images from Sheryl Cater, Educational Journalist, MN
Third and fourth grade student’s at this Eden Prairie school researched, designed, and built 4 wooden sleds using downhill ski’s as runners.
The classrooms competed against each other using human power.…

Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, I Kid A Rod, News and Information
12/27/2009
I KID A ROD Season Begins!

By Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN
Educational Journalist Joy Davis of Indiana and her classroom paraprofessional, Amanda Dolan, continued spreading the word of the Iditarod while on winter break.  Only this time instead of teaching high school students they went…

Filed under I Kid A Rod, News and Information, Teacher Tips and Tools
12/18/2009
I Kid A Rod™

Hundred’s of schools are involved in I Kid A Rod™ projects each year.
An I Kid A Rod™ is an Iditarod race simulation.
An I Kid A Rod™  can be held in a variety of ways.  Some involve participants from…

Filed under I Kid A Rod, Idita Reads and Races
10/24/2009
I Kid A Rod

Each year hundreds of schools around the world are involved in I Kid A Rod projects that are designed by teachers as culmination projects in an Iditarod teaching unit.
An I Kid A Rod is a simulated Iditarod that has…

Filed under I Kid A Rod
06/08/2009
North Carolina Students Hold Idita-Race

Meet Cindy Wilson’s students!
Cindy’s brother made them a wheeled sled for their Idita Race.
Each year, hundreds of schools around the world hold their own Iditarod  in parks, on school grounds, along beaches, or even in backyards.  After studying…

Filed under I Kid A Rod, Idita Reads and Races

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