Students complete Daily Oral Language and Math activities prior to and during the race. Students create chaulk drawings after enjoying the Northern Lights. Students create sleds made from popsicle sticks. Distribute the data sheet to the students and allow them to practice using fictitious stats. Students complete another data sheet during the race to keep track of musher progress.
Students record the data in a spreadsheet so they can chart the mushers progress.
Use the Internet to access sites relating to Alaska and the Northern Lights, prior to the race. Bookmark the Scholastic Iditarod site, so students can access it daily to keep up to date with the race progress. In addition, students could chart the weather conditions. Using the Scholastic Iditarod site, students will gather and record facts about a checkpoint. That information will be compiled on a worksheet , by each student in a billeted list using the word processing application.