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Skyping with Squid Acres
Just a quick comparison: Baltimore time: 1:30pm Squid Acre time: 9:30am Baltimore temperature: 51⁰F Squid Acre temperature: 0⁰ It’s a distance of 4, 152 miles away from us and would take us 2...
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Sled Dogs of Denali
One of the big parts of our Social Studies curriculum in third grade is the study of our National Parks as a subtopic of our study of Fifty States. Alaska is the home to 15 national parks, preserves,...
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Skyping Stone Fox
Last year, 2013 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail ™, Linda Fenton issued a challenge to see how many students she could get to read Stone Fox (http://itcteacheronthetrail.com/2012/12/28/stone-fox/). The...
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Idita-Math!
This week we began our huge Iditarod Math Unit! From now until Spring Break in mid-March we will be focusing on the Iditarod as a way to get some much needed math skills taught in a fun and...
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What’s Your Angle?
What do you call an angle that is adorable? Acute angle! This week we are all about angles in math class! This is a new skill for us… it appears in the new version of our math book, and is something we...
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Tales from the Trail: Special Delivery
This year, two mushers will be carrying special packages on their sleds to make a special delivery in Nome. In order to promote vaccine awareness, Martin Buser and Aliy Zirkle will carry vaccine from...
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What’s an Average Leg?
Meanwhile Back at School: This week we have been exploring mean, median, mode, and range. This skill have been removed from the elementary curriculum by the Common Core, but for me, it’s still a...
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Robitarod!
So this year everything I’ve touched has gone to the dogs… and that includes my Robotics Club! I work with a group of fourteen fourth and fifth graders once a week after school using Lego Mindstorms to...
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Benny’s Flag
Benny Benson’s original submission for the Alaska flag design competition. ASL-MS14-1, American Legion, Designs by School Children for Alaska’s Flag, Alaska State Library-Historical Collections. Photo...
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20 Lucky Huskies
We love our kennel name! The Iditarod Summer Camp for Teachers is a remarkable opportunity to meet mushers at the volunteer picnic as they sign the dotted line and enter the Last Great Race on Earth®....
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