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| Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com/iditarod |
GO NORTH! CHUKOTKA 2007 http://www.polarhusky.com/home.asp |
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| Animals of the Artic http://library.thinkquest.org/3500 Explore this site and learn about some of these animals and how they live in the Arctic. |
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| Cabelas Iditarod http://www.cabelasiditarod.com This commercial site has a super feature at the top of their site. Named 2005 mushers, select the pulldown menu for all of the participants in this year's race & learn more about them. |
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| Iditarod http://www.iditarod.com This is the official site of the last great race. Updated regularly. |
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| International Sled Dog Racing Association (ISDRA) http://www.isdra.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1 This racing organization is trying to promote public interest in dog sledding. Follow the links to the information about Sled Dog Basics such as Introduction, training of the dogs, proper feeding of sled dogs, and safety on the trail. |
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| Junior Iditarod - teens 14 to 17 http://www.jriditarod.com Check out all of the younger people that decide to get involved in racing!!! |
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| Make a Dogsled Model -
PAPER project! http://www.uaf.edu/museum/journeys/dogs/race2-2.html Directions for making a paper dog sled model. Click the picture to go to the page with the pattern on it. |
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| Polar Husky - Authentic Learning online http://www.polarhusky.com/ Link your students with an international tem of six explorers, teachers and scientists who are traveling thru the Artic. |
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| Read A Sled Dog Tale There are lots of good books about sled dogs including Akiak by Robert Blake, Dogsong by Gary Paulson, Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, and WoodSong also written by Gary Paulsen. Others may want to read the classic Jack London tale about Buck, the sled dog in the Klondike who joins a pack of wolves. It can be found online at The Call of the Wild. You also might enjoy another of his books, White Fang. |
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| Ultimate Iditarod http://www.ultimateiditarod.com Ultimate Iditarod provides a complete inside look at Alaska's Iditarod from the perspective of the mushers who brave the "Last Great Race on Earth™." |
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| Video Clips from the Boreal Forest Project (winter 2004) of the Wilderness Classroom http://www.wildernessclassroom.com/www/learning/boreal_forest/updates/update_index/video_index.shtm GREAT videos! - setting up a camp - catching fish under the ice - feeding the dogs to keep them strong & energetic - how to start up a dog sled & use verbal commands to steer it - dog pulling positions - how to pack up food or pack up a sled. |
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| Webquest -
Iditarod WebQuest by T. Elkins, A. Hooser, R. Madrid, and B. Ortiz
- AWESOME!! http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/iditarod You have to come up with a vacation plan that everyone will love. You've heard about this sled dog race in Alaska called the Iditarod and wonder if maybe this would be not only a vacation but an adventure your family would never forget. Be sure to use some of the other links on this page to link into the CURRENT |
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| Write a Dog Sled Poem http://www2.grand-forks.k12.nd.us/iditarod/language_arts.htm You can find a few examples at Limericks, and Musher Bio Poem. Then write your own poem; communicate what can feel and imagine. You can narrow or focus your poem's topic to a dog, dog sledding, dog sled racing, or the snow sledding experience. |
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by Mary Lou Baldwin Technology Facilitator checked 12/07 |
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