Iditarod Ready: Storm Watching Curriculum Materials
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 an Iditarod StormReady® classroom!
A World Of Weather — This gameshow-style game makes it fun to learn about weather.
- StormReady® classroom resources (PDF 1.35MB)
- A World Of Weather (PowerPoint in a ZIP* file, 501KB)
*About “ZIP” Files:
If the ZIP file doesn’t “un-zip” automatically, try double-clicking on it. If that doesn’t work, you may need to download a free utility program to un-zip it: Stuffit Expander is free for Mac and Windows computers.
Service Learning Projects and Contests
- Books to the Trail Project (PDF 537KB)
- Table Top Decorating Contest (PDF) Read this article for more information.
Important Classroom Information
- Attention Teachers! Writing to Mushers: Hints and Address Information (PDF 137KB) YOU MUST READ!
- Musher Tracking: Race Update Forms to track your mushers during the race!
- Race Stats (Statistical Information to use for lessons)
Collaboration Zones for Teachers
Iditarod Discussion Forum: Meet teachers, chat about lessons and projects
Click here to visit the Discussion Forum!
Coming soon! More opportunities to collaborate!
Target Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM Resources
- Finney’s Daily Problems. From Finney, first Teacher on the TrailTM.
- Check out the Iditarod Teacher’s Tool for more of Teacher on the TrailTM Kim Slade’s lesson plans and activities.
Downloadable Projects and Lessons (These projects were on the Cabela’s website and are now available for your use.)
- Making an Idita-Rock – A craft for young students (68k PDF)
- Checking In – Mathematical look at checkpoints (48k PDF)
- Which Way to Nome? – An activity in mapping skills (52k PDF)
- Timeline – Basic rules for good timelines (26k PDF)
- Poetry on the Path – A language arts exercise (44k PDF)
- Leading the Way – Gathering and organizing facts (48k PDF)
- How’s the Weather? – Graph weather on the trail (48k PDF)
- Graphing Possibilities – Ferreting out details (72k PDF)
- Iditarod Experience Journal (24k PDF) – Northern Flash Map & Southern Flash Map
EarthSLOT: Track the Iditarod in 3D over the Internet
Students can track the progress of competitors in the 2007 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race through the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ EarthSLOT website. The free resources is here: www.earthslot.org/iditarod/.
IditaProject – Bering Strait School District
The annual IditaProject connects schools and students in the Lower 48 with web and video coverage of the Iditarod.
