
October Lesson: Trail-Twisting Tongue Tanglers!
Hello fellow Iditarod teachers and thank you for taking the time to check out this month’s lesson! I hope that it finds you well

Hello fellow Iditarod teachers and thank you for taking the time to check out this month’s lesson! I hope that it finds you well

September is upon us, and we all know that means two things: school has started, AND we are one month closer to Iditarod 2026! As
Our first Iditarod Certified Educator’s cohort is off and running down the trail! Their first challenge was to develop a quick lesson idea based on
Grades 3-6 What if Cinderella was a musher? Or instead of seven dwarves, Snow White had found seven huskies? In this unit, students will explore
Grades 2-6 Why do sled dogs howl? Why do they love to run? Why do mushers stand behind the sled? All of these questions are
Grades 2-4; others with modification Meet Kamik, an Inuit puppy, in this series that is based on life memories of elders from Arviat, Nunavut. In

Over the summer I did a post about Alaskan animals. I was fascinated by seeing a moose, porcupine, and bear all in one night. After
By Jonathan London and illustrated by Jon Van Zyle, the Official Artist of the Iditarod, this book for 6-9 year olds describes a young musher’s
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