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Hi Boys and Girls, Every year there is a special teacher who is selected as the Teacher on the Trail ™. This year Laura Wright from Austin, Texas will be will be flying from checkpoint to checkpoint reporting on the race for teachers and school children who are following the race. She also provides lessons …
Hello Educators! I hope you all had a chance to read my article “Introducing Sled Dog Ed U. Cation”. After writing my introduction, I meandered on back to the dog yard to take a rest but thoughts ran through my mind that many of you may be wondering how this sled dog knows so much …
In June, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit with Jon Van Zyle at his home, kennel, and studio while in Alaska for the Iditarod Summer Teacher Camp. In March, I had the honor of meeting Jon as a finalist for the Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. I was thrilled to get to know the …
Follow Erin Montgomery, the 2015 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ as she travels from checkpoint to checkpoint by bush plane. Read her articles and view images from the Iditarod Trail. Erin is an educator from Iowa. Classrooms around the world are following Erin. Lesson plans and journal entries from the trail are important tools that …
One task the campers are given at the beginning of camp is to create a quilt square. Terrie Hanke will make the squares that the campers make into a quilt. They will then be shipped to each camper’s school for a month to be used for lessons in the classroom and displaying purposes. Look …
Hi Boys and Girls Did you know that every year a teacher is selected to be the Teacher on the Trail ™? That special teacher flies from checkpoint to checkpoint following the race and reporting what they learn on the trail. They also provide lessons for classroom use during the entire school year. It’s a …
Akiak A Tale from the Iditarod is realistic fiction by author and illustrator Robert J. Blake. Akiak (ACK-ee-ack) is a lead sled dog who hurts a paw during the Iditarod, causing her musher to drop her from the team at one of the race checkpoints. She is cared for by the race veterinarians, but …
Stepping behind the door marked “Employees Only” at Iditarod Headquarters is when it really hit me. This dream of mine is coming true… I really am the 2014 ExxonMobil Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™! My summer adventure began about a week ago when I flew over 3,980 miles from Baltimore to Salt Lake City …
Shaw Elementary School outside of Wasilla, Alaska is a school with a view. The Chugach Mountains are visible beyond the school in this photo. Teacher on the Trail™, Linda Fenton, is presenting at five Mat-Su Valley Schools, including Shaw, prior to beginning her journey on the Iditarod Trail when the race begins on March 3rd. …
I have this mantra about lesson plans – steal . . . ahem . . . borrow and tweak. This lesson is an example of my mantra. At the Winter Conference for Educators last year, Sid Lucas, a High School teacher from Kiel, Wisconsin, presented a lesson about genetics. Seeing the value of the lesson …
