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Linda Fenton 2013 Teacher on the Trail
I said good-bye to my trail sleeping bag, bed roll, boots and a few other items as I sent them ahead to Alaska. They are on their way to Anchorage where I will be meeting up with them in less than 2 weeks. LESS THAN 2 WEEKS! The sleeping bag is covered with patches from …
As the Iditarod Race quickly approaches (27 Days 6 Hours 26 Minutes 48 Seconds and counting so the clock at iditarod.com tells me) it is time to choose a musher. There are a few different ways to do this. The classrooms at my school – including the kitchen staff, office staff, custodian, and aides – …
I’m looking forward to so many things with my upcoming adventure: Talking with mushers, presenting to schools in Alaska, seeing the dogs and on and on. Another top thing on my list is flying with the Iditarod Air Force. In a previous blog, I shared a simple lesson on surface area. Attached here are a …
Friday, January 25, I was given the opportunity to share the Iditarod with all the classes at my school. Students and teachers at the Waupaca Learning Center (WLC) listened as I explained about the race, dogs, gear and the Teacher on the Trail™ program (I think they now realize I’m not a musher). They had …
Students from Wisconsin and the northern states that have snow, know snow. But until we talked about the physical properties of snow, they took it for granted as simply snow. Snow can be very different. The snow I chose for our investigation in a recent Science lesson on matter was light, fluffy snow. The snow …
Earlier in December I wrote about having students create a brochure in PrintShop2 to educate people about the Iditarod. The brochures turned out great and students learned a lot about different aspects of the Iditarod. My friend, Sanka W. Dog at Iditarod.com just wrote an article called Healthy, Happy Dogs – Ten Tips. It reminded …
My time on the Iditarod Trail is getting closer. I have been purchasing base layer items to keep me warm and I’ve been planning my packing strategy. What arrived yesterday at my house, however, made me realize that this is really going to happen. The parka. Of course I brought it to school to let …
When some people think of me being the Teacher on the Trail, they think of me on a dog sled racing along. Now I have an adventurous spirit – but not that adventurous. I will actually be flying to different checkpoints along the trail with the Iditarod Air Force, a group of pilot volunteers who …
I love it when on that rare occasion I start a project with my class, finish it, and actually get a bulletin board up on the same day. That happened Friday with my lesson on the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Explaining the Aurora can be as simple or as complicated as you want to …
I was looking for results for the Top Of The World 350 – Lance Mackey won by the way – and came across an article from the Alaska Dispatch about the Knik 200 being cancelled due to weather. http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/knik-200-becomes-latest-sled-dog-race-bite-dust Our friend, Angie Taggart, has been training with a sled instead of a 4-wheeler so I …