Integrated Curriculum

02/06/2010

Around the World: Iditarod: Kindergarten in Germany

Charlee Stevens, Educational Journalist, Germany
Things you need to know:

I teach Kindergarten on a military base in Germany.
I have 25 children in class.  They range from non-readers to about level 6 in DRA.
My class is run as…

Filed under Curriculum for the Classroom, Integrated Curriculum, News and Information, Teacher Tips and Tools

01/13/2010

Meet the Applicants for Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™

Each year, the Iditarod Education Department accepts applications for the ‘next’  Target® Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™.  This year, five teachers applied for this educational teaching experience.  Meet each applicant and view a sample of their lessons.
Kim Busch, Montana…

Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, Character Education, Curriculum for the Classroom, Integrated Curriculum, Language Arts, Math, Math Probem Solving, News and Information, Science, Social Studies, Target Teacher on the Trail, Technology Integration

01/05/2010

Idita Kennel Activity

Idita-Kennel by Nancy Carroll
Students bring in a stuffed animal (dog) to place in our Idita-Kennel.  We use the dogs for all kinds of lessons throughout the race.  In ELA, after researching ‘Sled Dogs’ we write about different positive personality…

Filed under Integrated Curriculum, Math, Teacher Tips and Tools

12/16/2009

Projects for Middle School Students

By Linda Kal Sander, Educational Journalist, Fl
Looking for projects for your middle school (or upper elementary) students and high school students?  Iditarod is a tool that can be aligned to all content areas.  These examples will jump start your…

Filed under Integrated Curriculum, News and Information

12/16/2009

Iditarod Involves Teamwork! Teaching Does, Too!

By Sally Simon, Educational Journalist
In many ways teachers are islands unto themselves. They close the door and have a captive audience. They plan, teach, and assess. Sometimes they work with a colleague to create innovative curriculum, or have a…

Filed under Integrated Curriculum, Math, News and Information, Research and Testimonials, Social Studies, Teacher Tips and Tools

10/12/2009

Curriculum Challenge Lessons

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…

Filed under Curriculum Challenge Lessons, Curriculum for the Classroom, Integrated Curriculum, Language Arts, Math, Science

04/03/2009

Teacher from NY Explains Project Objectives

Project Summary: My students follow the race and participate in various learning activities that are cross-curricular as well as standards-based.  The students  journal their experiences (posting to our Blog) as well as track a musher of their choice and the…

Filed under Integrated Curriculum, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/08/2009

Trent Herbst: Bringing the Classroom to Life with Iditarod

By: Nikki Allen 2010 Teacher on the TrailTM Finalist
Building sleds, packing food drops, sewing booties, and researching the weather at checkpoints. If you were at fourth grader in Trent Herbst’s class, these are only a few of the exciting…

Filed under Integrated Curriculum, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail

02/18/2009

Following the Race from Washington

Hello Iditarod Education Department!
My class annually follows the Iditarod. We put up a map and bulletin board in the hallway at our school so that all of the students in our small school can follow along. Each student chooses…

Filed under Guest Speakers, Integrated Curriculum, News and Information, Student Work Samples

12/16/2008

The Idita-Rider Auction Action in the Classroom

Each year, the Idita-Rider auction is held as a fund raiser for the race. Race fans from around the world bid on line to purchase a ’seat’ in a musher’s sled at the start of the Iditarod.
To race fans,…

Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, Integrated Curriculum, Math, Teacher Tips and Tools

06/05/2008

Following the Race from Ohio

by Carol Manfull
During the Iditarod we divy up biographies of all of the mushers to our 3rd grade students (ave. 100). They follow the race on computers and check on their musher(s) throughout the race. The teacher copy stories…

Filed under Integrated Curriculum, Language Arts

06/05/2008

Ohio Students Create a Virtual Dog Team

Real or Virtual? It is Hard to Tell!
By Laura Collins, Ohio
One of my gifted 6th grade students’ favorite Iditarod activities is to create “virtual dog teams”. Students produce an informational document about their “kennel”, with highlights about the…

Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, Integrated Curriculum, Language Arts