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.

 

 

 

Disc Contents:

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.