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2010 Curriculum Challenge Contest

Diane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Attention Teachers! Enter and win a prize for your classroom!

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 students. Send us your science, math, technology, social studies or other content area lesson. Your lessons are inspirational and helpful to educators around the world. Submissions are due January 15.

Curriculum Challenge Entry Form

2009 Curriculum Challenge Winners

Diane — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:52:41 +0000

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 Carolina

Lynne Witte, Michigan

View the winning lessons!

2008 Curriculum Challenge Winners

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:13:49 +0000

Congratulations to our 2008 Iditarod Curriculum Challenge Winners! Download the 2008 winning lessons (PDF, 3Mb).

Educator	Lesson Summary	Suggested Grade Curriculum
Nikki Polk Nome, AK	Animal Athletes	Grades 3—6, Science
Joyce Bucciantini Maine	I Did! I Did Read a Lot of Books!	Middle School, Language Arts
Julie Howard South Carolina	Which Way Does Your Fur Blow?	Grades 3–8, Science/Weather Multi-Discipline
Laurie Nakauchi-Hawn Colorado	8 Lessons: Building Sleds, Insulation Experiment, Lessons of Language Arts Class	Grades K–8, Multi-Discipline
Lynne Witte Michigan	Idita – Walk	All Physical Education and Math
Mary Luper North Carolina	“Top Dog Bisquit Company” Kiana’s Iditarod	Grades 2–4
Sue Flahive Virginia	Jeff King’s Dilemma	Grade 7 and up, Language Arts/ Math
Tina Stimpson Wisconsin	What Could Happen on the Trail? (A Game)	3rd Grade and Up, Social Studies/Mathematics/Writing

2007 Curriculum Challenge Winners

admin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:19:58 +0000

Congratulations to our 2007 Iditarod Curriculum Challenge Winners! All winning projects are available for download.

Click on the project titles to download the files.

Educator	Title of Project
Tina Stimpson Wisconsin	Feed the Huskies! (PDF 76K) Math Kindergarten
Mark Gerhard, Amy McKnight, Joan Gordy, Amy Asala Wisconsin	A Cooperative Learning Experience with Third and Fifth Grade Students (PDF 584K) Reading / Language Arts / Technology 3rd – 5th Grade
Lynne Witte Michigan	Husky Dog, Husky Dog, What Do You See? (PDF 428K) Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies, Art K – 2nd Grade
Susan Holland Virginia	North to Alaska (PDF 76K) Core Knowledge Pre-school – 1st Grade
Patricia Whalen Reimer Pennsylvania	Iditarod in the News (PDF 60K) Language Arts 3rd Grade
Julie Howard North Carolina	Paws on the Trail of Learning (ZIP 1MB)* Integrating Technology into the Classroom Grades 3 – 8 Files in this ZIP archive require Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Kim Verge Canada	Iditarod History Report (PDF 68K) Social Studies/History/Language Arts Grade 5
Martha Dobson North Carolina	Viewing Video (Insider) via the Internet (PDF 32K) English/Language Arts (ELA) Grade 6
Linda Fenton Wisconsin	Iditarod Trading Cards (PDF 44K) Social Studies/Language Arts Grade 3 – 4
Mary Vaitkevicius Michigan	Shadowing a Musher (PDF 64K) Math 7th Grade
Jean Pollock New Jersey	Iditarod Dream (PDF 172K) Technology, Physical Education, Service Learning/Career Education Grade 9 – 12
Sherrie Dulany Florida	Let’s Mush! (PDF 1.3MB) Reading Grade 3 – 5

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2006 Curriculum Challenge Winners

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:28:04 +0000

Congratulations to our 2006 Iditarod Curriculum Challenge Winners! All winning projects are available for download.

Name & School	Title of Project
Regena Lance Garnett Elementary Center Garnett, KS	Weather, Weather, What’s the Weather? Iditarod Unit Summary Get the ZIP File 12.7mb
Alan Bitter 7th & 8th Grade St. John’s Lutheran Manitowoc, WI	Iditarod News Report Get the ZIP File 196kb
Carey Fox Highland Middle School Libertyville, IL	The Iditarod and Survival Literature Get the ZIP File 8kb
Brian Wiltgen 5th Grade Manz Elementary School Eau Claire, WI	2006 Race Reading Challenge Get the ZIP File 52kb
Beth Marlatt Hulett Elementary Hulett, WY	Musk Ox Mayhem Glacier Goodness Get the ZIP File 208kb
Cathi Burnette, Julie Howard, Sandra Thompson Haywood County Schools Instructional Technology Center Clyde, NC	I-Tech-arod! Get the ZIP File 1.5mb
Janet Hoke Fred J. Hums Elementary Mishawaka, IN	I is for Iditarod! ABC Book Project Get the ZIP File 2.8mb
Lorene Dreger	There’s A Sled Dog in my Classroom! Get the ZIP File 52kb
Fran Cohen Cottonwood Creek Elementary School Englewood, CO	Get Ready to Hit the Trail! Meet My Musher Poster Get the ZIP File 4.7mb
Ms. Lynne Witte St. Peter Lutheran School Macomb, MI	A Musher is Important! Get the ZIP File 20kb
Jean Pollock Warren Project TEACH/TEC Port Murray, NJ	Mini-Me People Get the ZIP File 644kb
LeeAnn Needham Bradley Elementary El Paso, Texas	The Next Great Race Get the ZIP File 456kb
Cindy Wray and Marilyn Green Lake Highland Prep School Orlando, Florida	Bringing the Race to Florida! Get the ZIP File 8kb
Kathy Kent Patrick McGaheran School High Bridge, NJ	Alaska A Visual History A Time to Discover Our History Get the ZIP File 424kb
Amy Strine Study Elementary Fort Wayne, IN	“Bone-ing” Up on Math Loading the Team with Long E Get the ZIP File 12kb
Sally Simon Buchanan-Verplank Elementary School Buchanan, NY	Iditarod Dogs True or False (PowerPoint) Get the ZIP File 20kb
Tony Profeta Robins Elementary Tucson, AZ	Mush! The Various Rolls of Sled Dogs Through the Eyes of a Sled Dog/ Musher Get the ZIP File 16kb
Jazmin Calvo and Grace Walker Cesar Chavez Elementary School Montebello Unified School District Bell Gardens, CA	Iditarod Challenge! Experience It! Get the ZIP File 12kb
Jennifer Bergman Grant Christian School Grant, MI	Amazing Alaska Get the ZIP File 8kb
Linda Brandon Lakeland Central School District Shrub Oak, NY	Math Mushers Get the ZIP File 24kb