The Alaskan Iditarod

ATTENTION 5TH GRADE STUDENTS: Get ready to take an incredible journey through Alaska with a musher and his or her dog team. The study of the Alaskan Iditarod was a favorite among many students from last year! I love teaching about the Iditarod and enjoy this unit of study. I can't wait to experience this amazing journey through rugged terrain and bone chilling temperatures with all of you. The official site of the Iditarod can be found here: http://www.iditarod.com/

Other Useful Sites

Curriculum Connections - http://www.wadsworth.k12.oh.us/administrativeDepartment.aspx?aid=40

Glog- http://jacinday.glogster.com/jacindaiditarod/

Thursday, March 4

Iditarod- http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-sneak-peek.html

A Musher's Life- http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-a-mushers-life.html

Doggy Sweaters- http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-insider-doggy-sweaters.html

Friday, March 5

Choose your musher! Lance Mackey will be the musher for the entire 5th grade. We did this last year and he won for the third year in a row! Will he make it four years in 2010? You also cannot choose Mitch Seavey. Mitch is the musher I chose last year, so I am going to stick with the same one! Go to this site to choose your musher and remember to print a picture: http://www.iditarod.com/race/musherlisting.html

Monday, March 8

Mushing Terminology- http://www.iditarod.com/learn/terminology.html