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Teaching Volunteerism The Iditarod takes place because thousands of volunteers play major roles in every aspect of the race and the events that surround it. Your students can join the team as “Official Classroom” Volunteers! Enter the annual Table Centerpiece Contest! Selected classrooms will create and send the decorations that will be featured on the …
Students will create paper circuits to light up checkpoints on the Iditarod Trail. Grade Level – 3rd – 5th Topic: Electrical Circuits / Measurement Students will gain an understanding of electrical circuits by creating an electrical circuit to light up an Iditarod checkpoint. Students will practice their measuring skills. Students will become familiar with the …
Ikidarod 2019: McGrath, Takotna, and Nikolai Schools McGrath School hosted Takotna, and Nikolai Schools for Traditions Week last March. (2019) Students K-12 participated in this week long culture camp, learning how to paint, cook, build dog houses, and mush a one dog dogteam. This has been a premier activity in McGrath for decades, as their …
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 …
Our goal is to help you use the race with your students by providing lessons, projects, and activities that you can use in your classroom. We want to get to know you and your students better so we can meet the goal of continuing to develop engaging content for you and your students. Share how …
As you start to plan for your new school year, are Morning Meetings a part of your routine? Morning Meetings are a great way to leave the Starting Line of your day while creating community and reinforcing academic and social skills. They are also a great way to sneak in a little Iditarod fun and …
Attend a 2020 Iditarod Teacher event! It’s not to early! Not at all! We’re already planning for our 2020 teacher conference events. You should start planning to join us! 2020 Winter Conference in Anchorage prior to the start of the Iditarod. (March 3 – 6, 2020) Learn more by clicking here! 2020 Summer Camp for …
Photos are a great way to introduce students to reading skills they may be unfamiliar with or need extra practice with prior to using more complicated texts. Moving from photos, to short passages, to longer texts allows students to have a chance to refine their skills and build their confidence. The Iditarod is fortunate to …
The 2020 Iditarod season has officially started! Today was the musher’s sign up and volunteer picnic. Laura Neese was the first musher to sign up for the 2020 Iditarod. This will be Laura’s second Iditarod; her first was in 2017. Not only was it fun to see who was signing up, but it was great …
Today we toured the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer. We enjoyed walking through the fields learning about their history and see them in action! Interestingly, the musk ox have made a return to Alaska after becoming extinct to these lands in 1865. With the help of Greenland in 1930, thirty-four musk oxen were brought back …