The
IDITAROD
DOGSLED RACE
Thematic Unit
compiled by
Kirstina D. Baronowitz
E.A. Tighe School
Margate, New Jersey
ETTC Technology in the Classroom Lesson Plan Contest
Table of Contents
I.
Overview of Iditarod Thematic Unit The Iditarod unit, as it used in each subject area, is explained in this section.II. Technology Summary
This section provides an overview of many of the ways technology is incorporated into this thematic unit.
III. Lesson Plan
This plan is for a one-day or several-day exploration of Internet sites which address the topic of the Iditarod, and culminates in the production of a graph or chart which illustrates Iditarod statistics.
IV. Samples
Contained herein are some sample charts which were developed following research of these statistics on the Internet.
File
Coverpg contains the cover sheet and table of contents.File
Outline contains the thematic unit overview.File
Tech contains the technology applications overview.File
Lesson contains the specific lesson plan.File Origins contains the sample graph for the data on where the 1998
race's mushers hail from.
File Times contains the sample graph of finishing times over the years
since the race's inception - both winners and the "Red Lanterns"
(the last-place finishers!).
File Finish contains the sample graph of number of mushers to actually
complete the race over the years.