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Lessons to Learn Along the Trail Integrating the Last Great Race into the Curriculum
Knowing that the Iditarod stimulates teacher and student interest in the environment, we have put together some resources and information to integrate this exciting adventure into our Williamson County Schools curriculum. We will update this Web site as we get closer to the race's start (March 3) as well as after the race is complete. Please read for ideas on how you might link this adventure into your particular grade level and/or subject area. Hit the trail with these topics to consider linking to this subject: Science: organisms, weather, soils, plant growth, rocks an minerals, animal studies, land and water, ecosystems, population, physiology, seasons Social Studies: maps, latitude and longitude, physical geography including ecosystems, Inuit culture, frontiers, national heritage, folklore, transportation systems, women's history Language Arts: creative writing exercises, literature Math: distance conversions, measurement, word problems
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following are links to lesson plans, unit ideas, and resources for using the
Iditorod Race for curriculum integration. Most of these sites link to other
resources developed by teachers.
http://home.gci.net/~deewilcox/
http://www.designperfect.com/iditarod/iditclas.htm
http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/iditarod.htm
http://www.anchorage.ak.blm.gov/inhthome.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/iditarod/tguide/index.htm
http://home.ici.net/~midgef/wqid2.html
http://members.spree.com/education/sunhusky/
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~amkenned/tr.html
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