Iditarod Insider for Educators

"Where's my musher?" is a common chant heard in classrooms around the world. Today more than ever, Iditarod provides resources to help students not only read the race data, but see the sights of the race and hear the sounds of the runners on the ice through Iditarod Insider.

Thanks to a sponsorship with GCI School Access, Insider is available free to all schools, teachers and students in Alaska. Classroom lessons aligned to cultural and content standards, virtual fly-by maps and race video clips are among the resources available to enhance classroom education while focusing on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) target areas.

Here's what Government Hill Elementary School Teacher, Mrs. Morris from Anchorage, had to say about Iditarod Insider:

"The most exciting part of our Iditarod unit in my second grade classroom was for the kids to come to the computer lab and be able to see the heli-fly-overs from Insider on the big screen. We also used the virtual map. We put a map of the trail on the bulletin board in the hall and tracked the mushers with musher/sled/dogs down the trail. We utilized the musher biographies from your website. I purchased Insider last year (2006) and loved it. However, I was so impressed this year (2007) with the new additions, particularly the heli-video-clips. Thanks to all!"

Iditarod Insider in the Schools is a year round tool, with lesson connections for all curriculum areas and can be used any time of the school year.

For information on getting your school or classroom plugged into Iditarod Insider, contact Diane Johnson (djohnson@iditarod.com).

Contact Information

Diane Johnson, Director
djohnson@iditarod.com
(605) 228-6071

Iditarod Education Department
1412 South Melgaard Road
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401