Essential Question: What role does nutrition play in an athletes performance? (Energy/Nutrition/Metabolism/Cellular Respiration) By Sid Lucas Students use problem-based learning strategies to calculate dog food quantities necessary to supply the calories required for each food drop along the Iditarod Trail according to a race plan and run/rest schedule determined by an Iditarod musher. This lesson …
Essential Question: How do cells function? (Cell Structure and Function) By Sid Lucas Students will use the components of an Iditarod racing kennel and the functional role they play in building an Iditarod dog team, to create a metaphorical model of a cell and the functional role its organelles play in creating proteins. Students will …
Essential Question: What does it take to build a dog team? (Genetics/Selective Breeding/Inheritance) By Sid Lucas Students learn about the history and selective breeding of the Alaskan Husky sled dog by applying specific rules of inheritance and simulating a musher’s breeding program to achieve a lead dog with superior traits. Prior Knowledge: Students should have …
That’s right, another musher has signed up for the 2017 Iditarod! Rule 2 allows mushers to sign up after December 1. There are 75 mushers signed up to run the 2017 Iditarod. The race begins the first Saturday in March and ends when the last musher crosses the finish line into Nome. Share the news …
Hello IditaRiders! You will soon be headed down the trail for an 11 mile ride at the Start of the 2017 Iditarod! Get Ready for your ride! Congratulations to the bidders and welcome to the 2017 IditaRider Adventure! IditaRider Coordinator, Kerry Quade, will be coordinating your ride and week’s events. Please watch for email and …
The Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ program is a unique opportunity for one selected educator each year, to enter into a one year agreement to teach beyond the traditional classroom walls via Internet and to be involved in a project that reaches students around the world. Creating standards driven lessons, using research based techniques, and …
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 pull that object. They will then determine the most efficient way to attach the string to the object to reduce the necessary force and finally they will adjust the take …
Download this scavenger and print it out. Use www.iditarod.com to find answers on the Idita Hunt. Download the Iditarod Scavenger Hunt. How many answers can you find? On your mark! Get set! Go!
Listening to this radio interview is one way for you to find out more about the 2017 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ Annie Kelley. A second way to learn about Annie is by visiting this website to read Annie’s online journal and see what she’s been up to! Join Iditarod EDU for an Iditarod Teacher …
2017 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ Annie Kelley prepares for this year’s Iditarod. Learn more by reading this article and listening to her interview. We are looking forward to having Annie out on the trail, in checkpoints, and sharing her observations of the race. Annie is a 3rd grade teacher in Chicago. Checkout Annie’s online …
