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Something that every Iditarod Rookie looks forward to is “earning his or her buckle.” Each Iditarod finisher is awarded a brass finisher’s belt buckle upon the completion of their first race signaling that they are a rookie no more! In the early days of the race, the Nome Kennel club wanted to do something to …
Welcome to Iditarod! We’d like to help you create an amazing unit of study that will engage your students in an authentic learning adventure! Let’s get started! A rookie is someone new. If you are new to the concept of using the race as a teaching tool, you are a rookie Iditarod teacher. You’ve come …
Being surrounded by a passionate group of teachers during Iditarod Summer Teacher Camp this week has been a great time of professional development. As you can imagine, with this much creativity packed into one camp, humor and conversation abounds. We deviated a bit from correct grammar this week and created a new verb: moose, or …
We have been spending some time in class this last week learning about some of the people behind the scenes of the Iditarod that help bring The Last Great Race® to people around the world. When my students see the amazing photographs of the mushers and their dog teams along the trail, they ask …
It was a tight race for rookie of the year! It was almost like a repeat of the Dallas Seavey and Aliy Zirkle finish with two teams in the chute at the same time! I was awoken this morning by the siren going off… I checked the tracker and realized that the siren must be …
These photos are from the 2010 Iditarod. Also visit Zuma’s Paw Prints to see the Zoom Lens photos there.
According to a study by busyteacher.org, teachers make 1500 decisions per day related to their work in the classroom. The role of educator, at every level, involves informing, assessing, administrating, facilitating, and de-facto parenting. All day long we make choices – and the heart of these decisions is our responsibility to our students. SEL:Snack posts …