To find if a book you are reading has an AR quiz and the reading level of your book, go to:
Find endless activities for third graders in math, language arts, science, and social studies:
Click on your musher's picture to get daily results.
You can also go to the following website, but the times are in military time:
To follow the trail and your musher's checkpoints, go to:
You will find many Stone Fox activities here.
Take online quiz on the book Stone Fox.
To research your musher go to:
Good website to learn about the race, Balto, participate in an interactive website called “Dogsledding 101”!
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/SOS/4KIDS/arthist/balto.htm
Go to this website to see the statue of Balto!
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/iditarod-ws.htm
Find online word searches for the Iditarod.
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/iditarod.html#Rules
Look here to find some rules for the race and ways dogs are protected.
http://www.iditarod.com/sitemap/index.html
You will find an index to all of the available information on the main website: www.iditarod.com. Most of your questions about the Iditarod and your musher and the trail, etc. can be found here.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Look here to find the current time in Alaska.
http://www.adn.com/
The Anchorage Daily News will have daily updates, video clips, etc. during the race. Click on sports and then Iditarod. The Trail Map on this website is very good because there are pictures of each checkpoint.
http://www.travelalaska.com/Destinations/Regions.aspx
You will find maps of each region of Alaska, cities and pictures, and places of interest to visit.
http://www.ktuu.com/
This is Alaska’s TV news source. You will find video clips and other information during the race.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/index.htm
This is a very “kid-friendly” website to learn about the Iditarod!
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/iditarod/puzzles/puzzles.html
If you like challenging puzzles, try this website.
http://www.gomush.com/MushingQuestions.html
Great website to learn vocabulary words and to view some appropriate you-tube videos on the dogs and mushing!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp225_01.shtml
Teacher lesson on learning about the trail!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp225_02.shtml
Teacher lesson on vocabulary with you-tube videos about dogs and mushing!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp225_03.shtml
Teacher lesson introduction on “Meet the musher.” Then do research on your musher.
http://www.rachaelscdoris.com/sled-bag.php, http://www.theperrinsrainypasslodge.com/iditarodhistory.asp#
Find out what the mushers carry in their sled bag!
What food and equipment do the mushers use?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp300-03.shtml
Copy a quiz called, “Everybody is a winner in the Iditarod”. Use the two websites here to find the answers.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp300-02.shtml
Teacher lesson on sunrise/sunset.
http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/map_state_alaska.pdf
Create a map of Alaska.
http://books.quia.com/jg/398710.html and http://books.quia.com/cm/28040.html
Play games and do puzzles about Balto.
To find maps of the world!
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm
http://abcteach.com/directory/researchreports/maps/
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/