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Its showtime, let me take you to the banquet
It´s showtime in the Denaina Centre. Let the games begin. Soon mushers, handlers their family and friends will assemble to kick off the 41st Edition of Iditarod. Part of the family and friends are all of the officials and fans, many of them have come up here for decades, for others it is their first …
Healthy Happy Dogs – Exercise
Exercise makes every day more fun! As a sled dog I believe that. I look forward to playing, some call it exercise, but I call it play. I look forward to playing every day. I wish I‘d come up with the slogan, “Play 60” that the National Football League uses. The first play (exercise) that …
Healthy, Happy Dogs – Ten Tips
In Iditarod it’s all about the dogs and it takes happy healthy dogs to reach peak performance. Any racing musher will tell you that healthy happy dogs are the basis for success and good dog care is the pathway to having healthy happy dogs. If that’s true for Alaskan Huskies, would the same be true …
Science Lessons Organized by Topic
These Iditarod based Science lessons are aligned to educational standards and organized by topic. Find and use the lessons that meet the needs of your students. Friction: Whatever Pulls Your Sled by Jeanine Wolf Students will test determine if the surface of an object will effect how much force it takes to …
Virtual Trail Journey – Shageluk
It’s been many miles since the mushers and their teams have come to a populated place. Unlike Ophir and Iditarod, Shageluk is populated with people and not ghosts! Handler didn’t actually visit Shageluk as the 2006 Teacher on the Trail because ’06 was an even year so the teams followed the northern route. It wasn’t …
Pam Flowers – Heroine
Pam Flowers is a small quiet woman who considers herself a loner. Her idea of fun is to travel with her dogs in lonely desolate places. This may or may not sound like fun to you but Pam’s adventures captivate the interests of adults and children alike. After graduating from college, Pam held a good …
Racing for 14 to 17 Year Olds, the Jr. Iditarod
Martha Dobson, Iditarod Educational Consultant The Jr. Iditarod Sled Dog Race introduces 14 to 17 year olds to mid and long-distance racing. It also gives teachers another tool to use with their students in the classroom. Students following adult mushers are excited to learn about the Iditarod, the trail, the teams, but following young …
South Carolina Takes Armchair Alaska Trip
Martha Dobson, Iditarod Educational Consultant Aiken, South Carolina students and residents traveled to Alaska with Martha Dobson, the 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ during Aiken’s Wild Read in October 2011. The armchair trip to Alaska was featured when The Aiken County Public Library and the Aiken Woman’s Club sponsored this reading event featuring Jack London’s …
Caring for Dogs of the Iditarod
By Martha Dobson, Finalist, Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina Caring for the Iditarod dogs is as thorough and professional as care for human athletes. High school, college, and professional athletes undergo regular physical examinations to ascertain their health and physical condition. So do the Iditarod dogs. The veterinarians and mushers associated …
Children’s Non-Fiction Books
The Common Core State Standards for language arts emphasize nonfiction texts. Here’s a list to get you started. Dogs of the North by Alaska Geographic Society (Vol 14, No 1, 1987) Alaskan working dogs and their history are detailed in this reference book, which includes photographs and biographies of sled dogs and mushers. The Double …
