Iditarod
The Great Alaskan Race starts March 1, 2008
What about the dogs?
http://surfaquarium.com/eIDITAROD/dogs.htm
Who is Balto?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balto
Here are some ideas to go along any Iditarod Study! We done these last year. We had so much fun tracking mushers (she choose 7 of them), she wants to do it again this year!
Make your own dog biscuits.
Make your own Dog Booties:
A rule requires each musher to carry at least 128 booties on the trail.
Make paper snowflakes
Make crystal snowflakes
Make a dog sled from popcicle sticks
Then learn about the anatomy of the Dog Sled
Keep a daily track of the mushers as they reach each point
Make a large map of the Trail from a smaller one
Read the mushers bio and choose a musher to track daily
Find out what more about the 1925 Serum Run to Nome
Learn more about History of the Red Lantern
Read the Story of the Widow’s Lamp
Check out the various awards given in 2007
Cabela’s Iditarod Education Expedition:
#1 Checking In
#2 Which Way to Nome
#3 Timeline
#4 Poetry on the Path
#5 Leading the Way
#6 How’s the Weather
#7Musher Graphing & Probability
#8 Iditarod Experience Journal
Unit Study
http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/UnitStudies/iditarod-alaska.htm
Lapbooks
The Iditarod Lapbook
Sled Dogs
THIS IS MUST DO, if you plan to follow the race!! The e-Iditarod Project
FREE Teacher’s poster
2008 Iditarod Rules
What food and equipment does a musher take with them? Click here to read article.
How are the dogs connected to the sled? Click here to read article.
Iditarod Printables
Be sure to checkout Enchanted Learning for their activities.
Large Trail Map
Great Books
Please be sure to read the Editorial Reviews before investing in a book upon someone else’s recommendations and age appropriate:
Dashing Through the Snow by Sherry Shahan
Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race by Libby Riddles
Backstage Iditarod by June Price
Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Where’s the Boss by Lois Harter
Scripted Play of Where’s the Boss?
Dogs of the Iditarod by Jeff Schultz
Iditarod: The Last Great Race to Nome: Curriculum Guide (The Last Wilderness Adventure Series) by Shelly Gill
Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake
Togo by Robert J. Blake
The Great Serum Race by Debbie S. Miller
More Iditarod Classics: Tales of the Trails from Men & Women Who Race Across Alaska by Lew Freedman
My daughter personally recommends the following book:
The Mystery on Alaska’s Iditarod Trail (Book) by Carole Marsh
The Mystery on Alaska’s Iditarod Trail (Teacher’s Guide)
Great Videos:
Alaska’s Great Race: The Susan Butcher Story
Big Red by Disney
Eight Below
A Dog Race in Alaska (1993)
Into the Wild
White Fang
FREE Online Clips
Insider video
From Alaska: Sleds and Lines
Length 3:08
Exploring the Denali Region
length 8:47
First 100 miles
Length 3:13
Drop Bags
Length 3:18
The Dogyard
Length 2:53
Meet Alaska and the Capistrants
Length 9:00
Iditarod Start/Sled Equipment
Length 11:53
Basic Mushing Gear
Length 10:23
Musher Clothing
Length 8:43
Feeding at the Kennel
Length 23:50
Several video clips of the 2007 race
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If these aren’t enough for you…
Click here for many more links!!
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