The 2002 Iditarod
Dog Sled Race

Third Grade Project

Students will create a PowerPoint  slide after researching the Iditarod using several forms of media. Excerpts of a VHS video, an oral presentation, and the website Iditarod 2002 will be used as the information resources. Click here to view student work.

Sixth Grade Earth Science Topics

6A  Alaska has many glaciers. As a reporter on special assignment, report to us how a glacier is formed, and what it needs to exist year after year.   Use illustrations to show your findings.  Click here for an interesting story!

 6B  In 1964, the biggest earthquake ever recorded in North America shook Alaska. Pretend you are a news reporter reporting the story. Report as much as you can about this earthquake (location, size, time, damage …) Click here to see a sample of the many great reports we did.

 6C  Alaska has active volcanoes.  Find information about the most recent eruption and locate it on a map.  Pretend you are a news reporter reporting the story.  Click here for an exciting report!

Seventh Grade Life Science Projects

7A  Pretend that you are an arctic animal.  Create a picture diary of your life in the harsh arctic climate.  Read about the lives of a polar bear and seal.

7B  The plants of Alaska, like the wildlife, are adapted to survive through the extremely cold winter and the frozen ground.  Pretend you are a photo journalist Research at least three of these plants or animals, and explain their adaptations.  Click here to see a collection of our work.

 7C  You are a writer for a health journal, your assignment is diphtheria.  Find out its causes, its symptoms, and how it is treated.  Include information about why it is no longer a threat in our country.  Also, include information on the 1925 diphtheria epidemic that hit the city of Nome Alaska.  Click here to read Aine's work.

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