Teaching Resources

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Iditarod Ready: Storm Watching Curriculum Materials

StormReady® — StormReady® teaches the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property - before and during the onslaught of severe weather - while improving science skills and expanding knowledge about climates of the world. Be an Iditarod StormReady® classroom!
A World Of Weather — This gameshow-style game makes it fun to learn about weather.

StormReady® classroom resources (PDF 1.35MB)
A World Of Weather (PowerPoint in a ZIP* file, 501KB)

*About “ZIP” Files:
If the ZIP file doesn’t “un-zip” automatically, try double-clicking on it. If that doesn’t work, you may need to download a free utility program to un-zip it: Stuffit Expander is free for Mac and Windows computers.

IditaProject — Bering Strait School District

The annual IditaProject connects schools and students in the Lower 48 with web and video coverage of the Iditarod. There is no charge for teachers or students.

Downloadable Projects and Lessons

Making an Idita-Rock - A craft for young students (68k PDF)
Checking In - Mathematical look at checkpoints (48k PDF)
Which Way to Nome? - An activity in mapping skills (52k PDF)
Timeline - Basic rules for good timelines (26k PDF)
Poetry on the Path - A language arts exercise (44k PDF)
Leading the Way - Gathering and organizing facts (48k PDF)
How's the Weather? - Graph weather on the trail (48k PDF)
Graphing Possibilities - Ferreting out details (72k PDF)
Iditarod Experience Journal (24k PDF) - Northern Flash Map & Southern Flash Map

EarthSLOT: Track the Iditarod in 3D over the Internet

Students can track the progress of competitors in the 2007 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race through the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ EarthSLOT website. The free resources is here: www.earthslot.org/iditarod/.

2008 Service Learning Projects and Contests

Books to the Trail Project (PDF 537KB)
Table Top Decorating Contest (PDF 197KB)

Teacher on the Trail™

Finney’s Daily Problems. From Finney, first Teacher on the Trail™.
Check out the Iditarod Teacher’s Tool for more of Teacher on the Trail™ Kim Slade's lesson plans and activities.

Teacher’s Newsletter

February 2007 Volume 2 - Issue 5
December 2006 Volume 2 - Issue 4
November 2006 Volume 2 - Issue 3
October 2006 Volume 2 - Issue 2
September 2006 Volume 2 - Issue 1
August 2005 – February 2006 Volume 1, Complete (Issues 1 – 7)

Additional Information

Contact Information

Diane Johnson, Director
djohnson@iditarod.com
(605) 228-6071

Iditarod Education Department
1412 South Melgaard Road
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401