Introduction to the Iditarod Sled Dog Race

Book – Enchantment of America:Alaska

Book – Balto by Natalie Standiford

Globe

Flashlight

Internet site with animation of earth’s orbit:

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/energy/earth_sun_relations_seasons.html

3. USNGS 6 How Culture and Experience Influence People’s Perceptions of Places and Regions

4. NCSS 3 People Places and Environments

3. Students will identify differences between our culture and that of people from the artic regions.

1. Students will draw the tilt of the earth and its relationship to the sun in each of the 4 seasons.
2. Students will demonstrate the movement and tilt of the earth in relationship to the sun.
3. Students will list differences between their culture and Nanook’s culture.

1. Using the globe and solar system model, describe the orbit of the earth around the sun.
2. Use the flashlight and globe to show how the tilt of the earth causes parts of the earth to receive less sunlight certain times of the year.
3. Show students the Internet site with the animation of earth’s orbit.
4. Since we receive heat and light energy from the sun, parts of the earth get less heat and light during some months and are therefore colder.
5. Relate lifestyle and culture to climate.
6. Show students the movie Nanook of the North.
7. Have students list differences and similarities in culture they observed.