Resources
- For Teachers
- Target® Teacher on the Trail
- Here’s What’s Happening!
- Zuma’s Paw Prints
- Traveling Iditarod Quilt
- Take Virtual Field Trips
- Pod Casts
- Educator Insight Newsletter
- Iditarod Insider for Educators
- Teaching Resources
- Mission Statement and Goals
- Books About Iditarod and Alaska
- Mentor on the Trail: Stay on Track
- Writing to Mushers? READ THIS
- For Students
Curriculum Connections
Website Links
Teacher Tips and Tools
- 10/23/2009
- Authors and Explorers Visit Schools
Shelley Gill: Author, Explorer, Musher
Filed under Guest Speakers
Alaskan author Shelley Gill has written 20 bestselling books and her aim is always to inspire with adventure, educate about the environment and leave her readers with a sense of wonder. One of the first…
- 10/12/2009
- 2010 Curriculum Challenge Contest
Attention Teachers! Enter and win a prize for your classroom!
Filed under Contest for Teachers, News and Information
Teachers, you are invited to submit your tried and true lessons to be published on our website. We are seeking standards aligned lessons and activities that bring the race to…
- 10/09/2009
- Table Top Decorating Contest
Enter the 2010 Table Top Decorating Contest. Win prizes for your classroom. Be a part of the 2010 Musher Banquet that is held in Anchorage prior to the start of the race. Teach ‘volunteerism’ through this service learning project. Submit…
Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, Contests: Win Prizes, Service Learning Projects, Teacher Tips and Tools
- 09/20/2009
- 2009 Curriculum Challenge Winners
Congratulations to the 2009 Curriculum Challenge Winners!
Susan Flahive, Virginia
Dean Barron, Texas
Jeannie Wolf, Texas
Amber Baur, California
Eric Smith, Minnesota
Julie Howard, North CarolinaLynne Witte, Michigan
View the winning lessons!
Filed under Contest for Teachers, News and Information
- 08/20/2009
- Statistical Race Info
Use the statistical information in this PDF Document for lessons.
Miles to Checkpoints: Northern and Southern Route: (Estimation) Page 2
Filed under Teacher Tips and Tools
Checkpoint Averages: Years 2001 – 2009 Page 3
2009 Checkpoint Miles from Checkpoint to Checkpoint Page 12
Checkpoint Summary (Stats…
- 06/12/2009
- Creative Writing: An Assignment for Any Grade Level: Lesson and Writing Sample from Students
Tom Russoniello, New Jersey, understands that students are inspired to write when using the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® as the tool for learning. Using a lesson created by Kathy Kent, New Jersey, and housed on our website, Mr. Russoniello’s…
Filed under Curriculum for the Classroom, Language Arts, Student Work Samples
- 06/08/2009
- 2009 – 2010 School Year: Guest Speakers for Classrooms
Classroom Opportunity
Filed under Guest Speakers, News and Information
Bring Iditarod to Your School! ‘Iditarod’ guest speakers will be visiting communities near you! Read about these opportunities. Make your plans. Your students will be inspired and encouraged to do their best in school and in meeting their…
- 06/08/2009
- North Carolina Students Hold Idita-Race
Meet Cindy Wilson’s students!
Filed under I Kid A Rod, Idita Reads and Races
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…
- 06/03/2009
- Idita-Read- California Style
Every year we hold an Idita Read. Our budget runs between $450 and $500. The following is a summary of the 2009 Idita Read:
Filed under Idita Reads and Races
We went to a company called imagestuff.com and ordered these cool dog tags as reading incentives…
- 06/03/2009
- Texas Classroom: Idita Style
View a slide show for a glimpse at Sandy Pedersen’s 4th grade classroom in Texas.
Filed under Bulletin Board Displays