They figure out trail mileage, race times, and learn about Inuits and malamutes as they follow the race. No prerequisite skills or knowledge are required. The lesson provides necessary background on the topic and allows teachers to plug in their own curriculum requirements as they see fit. Students use the site to find information about the history of the Iditarod sled dog race, to read musher biographies online, and to follow the race by checking the daily updates. Also available on the site are news updates, photos, soundbytes, and movie clips.
Students send emiail through the site to the mushers.
A wall map, construction paper, scissors, markers, sticky tacks or tape, a VCR if you purchase any Iditarod videos from the site. To apply learned skills and concepts from all the subject areas into an integrated lesson which requres practical, real-life applications for the students. We go online to read about the Great Serum Run and the history of the Iditarod race. We study musher biographies online, and each student selects a musher to follow in the upcoming race. Students follow the race.