Investigating the Surface of the Iditarod Trail by Kelly Shusko, Colonial School District, Delaware *This lesson was created for Kindergarten students but is applicable for
Iditarod Mushers are naturally Design Thinkers. They are constantly thinking and looking for ways to make things more efficient, more cost-effective, more comfortable… safer, faster,
Mushers are constantly tinkering – working on ways to build better sleds, harnesses, cookers, dog jackets, etc… Your students are also natural tinkers too –
Essential Question: “Who is best adapted to stay on top of the snow in an arctic environment?” (Adaptation) by Sid Lucas Students use scientific media
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
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
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
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
Take the Iditarod Science Fair Challenge! Submit an entry for the Virtual Iditarod Science Fair. Get your thinking caps on and start planning! Challenge
The 2016 Iditarod class has been learning about informational text and graphic features in my language arts class. We used the Scholastic book Mush! Sled
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