Academic Purpose
Educators attending the 2017 Winter Teacher’s Conference in Anchorage loaded their sled bags with valuable lesson ideas and teaching tools during Tuesday’s sessions. Cory Quarles of ExxonMobil open the morning sharing the challenge of training more students for professions involving Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. There are jobs that are not filled for lack of …
Idita Math, a project from Larson Elementary School, Wasilla, Alaska. Quick summary of the project: Students were challenged to complete math goals at home and ‘race from Anchorage to Nome’ as they practiced their math basic skills. Teachers created math goals according to the needs of the students. Overall, the project goal was to help …
Hi Diane! Here are two files that shows my one of my students’ letters. She wants to thank you and your website for helping her learn. English is her second language and she has never seen or heard of a the Iditarod prior to this or even seen snow! So this was a good experience …
By Cathy Walters Parents and teachers everywhere desire that their children be responsible citizens. As teachers and parents, we hope and pray that our children make good choices, knowing the difference between right and wrong. Children constantly hear from authority figures that they are in charge of their behavior and all of the decisions they …
I was interested in presenting this lesson to my students as a way to celebrate the end of their state testing and to also introduce my students to the true meaning of self-sacrifice, commitment, survival, and endurance. The project began with the documentary of Sven Haltmann to build background knowledge and to make a personal connection …
Zuma’s Paw Prints isn’t JUST reading material for your students. It is more than knowledge about Alaska and the race. The articles are content for teaching language arts and other curriculum areas. Bonnie Nizamis is an independent consultant working with schools across the country – and as she teaches teachers how to integrate technology in …
I am the speech therapist for middle & high schoolers with severe disabilities. (Grades 6 – 12) My teaching area is Speech Language Pathology. Our goal is to promote communication to gain information that is motivating to our students. Most of our students are non-verbal so in order to use their communication devices they need …
I wrote the attached article for our state (South Carolina) Association of School Librarian’s professional journal, Media Center Messenger. I love following the Iditarod every year and every two or three years we do an Idita-READ event to inspire kids to read. I also attached the letter to parents and reading log that I’ve used …
By Guest Educational Journalist, Kristin Lewis I have to immediately start by thanking the educators that work so hard to bring students (including myself) inspiring and exciting lessons and information. I am a student teacher in New Mexico and this is my first time bringing the Iditarod to the classroom. The teacher that brought the …
Sarah Mishlera and students at Chestnut Ridge Middle School in Pennsylvania received notification this week that their Iditarod project is a winner in curriculum contest to demonstrate 21st Century Teaching and Learning. During this year’s Iditarod, Herb Brambley, Target® Iditarod 2010 Teacher on the Trail™ communicated via Skype with this classroom as part of the …
