Today is the ceremonial start of this incredible 1000 mile race across the wilderness and scenic beauty that is the grand state of Alaska. Sunday the 3rd of March the race begins. Over 60 mushers and their sleds and amazing canines.
This past week and the upcoming week my students have been doing research on Alaska, picked a musher to follow and have started to record the Alaskan weather to later create a weather bar graph. My students have also researched hypothermia and how it may affect both human and canine contestants. They have been very receptive and happy we've put our traditional subjects to the side for a few weeks. Fear not! They will be reading, writing and solving math problems...but with an Iditarod theme! On Friday the 8th of March, we will have a school assembly with three huskies that have raced the Iditarod and their owners. I am looking forward to this a lot! Will keep you updated this week...hopefully!!
