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
For Teachers
- 10/03/2009
- Join Us in Alaska for a Teacher’s Workshop
Two Iditarod teacher workshops are held in Alaska each year. One is held the week before the start of the race and the other is held the last week in June during the same time as the yearly Volunteer Picnic…
- 10/03/2009
- Adventures of theTraveling Quilts: September
Image: These two quilt squares were among the first to be created by teachers at Iditrod’s summer conference and sewn together by 2006 Teacher on the Trail™ Terrie Hanke. The squares became the first Iditarod Traveling Quilt. Join us this…
- 09/20/2009
- Math and Science Activity Packet
Create an Iditarod Trail, design a catapult, work with maps, play a math-science game, and complete other activities.
The Scale of It All! Math and Science Activity Packet is for elementary and middle school students and was created by Julie…
- 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!
- 09/19/2009
- Iditarod Traveling Quilts are on the Trail
This year, four Iditarod themed quilts will be traveling to schools around the nation. Each month, you’ll be able to read where each quilt has been and learn about the schools and communities that are associated with this project. The…
- 09/18/2009
- Rookie Report: Michelle Phillips
Rookie Report- Michelle Phillips
By Joy Davis, Educational Journalist
Iditarod Rookie Project, September, 2009
Michelle Phillips is no rookie when it comes to racing sled dogs. She has run the challenging Yukon Quest 4 times. In 2008 she finished in…
- 09/18/2009
- Rookie Musher: Pat Moon
By Joy Davis, Educational Journalist
Iditarod Rookie Project
September 16, 2009
When I think of Pat Moon two adjectives immediately come to mind-tenacity and invincible. Let me explain. Pat, a native of Chicago, Illinois, had had ulcerative colitis since the…
- 09/12/2009
- Math and Science Game
Grade Level: Upper Elementary, Middle School and beyond. (Math and Science Formulas)
Research to complete before playing the game.
Math or Science Game (PowerPoint)
- 08/28/2009
- Hobo Jim Sings the Iditarod Trail Song to Students
At the 2008 Summer Camp for Teachers, Mrs. Ogintz, New Jersey, video taped Hobo Jim singing the Iditarod Trail Song. Hobo Jim dedicated this song to her students. We dedicate this song to students around the world. Let the Iditarod…
- 08/27/2009
- Iditarod Ready! Storm Ready!
Iditarod Ready! StormReady® — StormReady® teaches the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property – before and during the onslaught of severe weather – while improving science skills and expanding knowledge about climates of the world. Be…