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Subjects Arts & Humanities
Mathematics
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Brief Description Students track the progress of a musher and dog team in this lesson that includes all curriculum areas.Objectives Students will
Keywords Iditarod, musher, Alaska, journal, data, race, biography, dog, trail
Lesson Plan In this lesson, students follow the progress of Iditarod mushers and their dog teams. Each student follows a different team and updates that team's progress (daily, if possible) during the race. This lesson might be used in conjunction with another of this week's activities, Mush! Tracking Travelers on the Trail. Students can use the map ideas in that lesson -- including a map bulletin board -- to track the progress of the selected mushers.
Before the Lesson
The Activity Alternatively, students might choose mushers at random: Put all the bios in a hat or bowl and let students select. There are probably enough women mushers this year that each girl might be able to follow a different woman, if you feel that is appropriate. Older students might read through the biographies and select a musher whose background sounds interesting. (That might be difficult to do, however; all the bios are very interesting!) During the race students can check each day for news on the race. Students can track their musher and dog team on the Musher Checkpoint Sheet they created from the checkpoints of this year's race. Note: The race takes a different route in odd- and even-numbered years; it follows the Southern Trail in odd-numbered years and the Northern Trail in even-numbered years. See the Mush! Tracking Travelers on the Trail lesson for more information about race routes. Extension Activities
Additional Sources
Assessment Assessment depends on which of the activities listed above are used. Lesson Plan Source Education World Submitted By Gary Hopkins National Standards LANGUAGE ARTS: English NL-ENG.K-12.1NL-ENG.K-12.2NL-ENG.K-12.4NL-ENG.K-12.6NL-ENG.K-12.7NL-ENG.K-12.8NL-ENG.K-12.9NL-ENG.K-12.12
Reading for Perspective Reading for Understanding Communication Skills Applying Knowledge Evaluating Data Developing Research Skills Multicultural Understanding Applying Language Skills NM-NUM.PK-2.1NM-NUM.PK-2.3
Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates NM-NUM.3-5.1NM-NUM.3-5.3
Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates NM-MEA.3-5.1NM-MEA.3-5.2
Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements
Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements
Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements NM-DATA.PK-2.2
NM-DATA.3-5.2
Select and Use Appropriate Statistical Methods to Analyze Data
Select and Use Appropriate Statistical Methods to Analyze Data
Recognize and Use Connections Among Mathematical Ideas Understand How Mathematical Ideas Interconnect and Build on One Another to Produce a Coherent Whole Recognize and Apply Mathematics in Contexts Outside of Mathematics
Create and Use Representations to Organize, Record, and Communicate Mathematical Ideas
The World in Spatial Terms Places and Regions Environment and Society
Basic Operations and Concepts Technology Research tools
See more lessons in this week's Lesson Planning article Iditarod Brrrreathes Life Into Tired Curriculum (Brrrr!).
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