It is a great day at Warrensburg Middle School. The 8th grade Discovery Team has just received a grant to take a month-long field trip to Alaska to research and report on "The Last Great Race on Earth"--the Iditarod Dog Sled Race! Please join us on our adventure as we learn the who, what, where, when, why, and how of this yearly event and send dispatches back to our school newspaper, The Tiger Paw. Bring your cold-weather clothes and a good book to read. It's going to be a L-O-N-G bus ride.

 

 

 

Experience is a Great Teacher

While we travel from Missouri to Alaska, we have some decisions to make. We are a large group, and our goal is to experience the Iditarod first-hand. To really make the best of our situation, however, we will need to spread out. Some of us will become "IditaRiders" and actually accompany the mushers and their dog sled teams on the trail. The rest of us will be "Iditarod Volunteers," the very important people who manage all of the behind-the-scenes operations of the 1,049 mile race.

You Decide...

Your teachers have asked you to decide if you want to be an IditaRider or an Iditarod Volunteer. While you are on this long bus ride, you and your teammates are given lots of information about both jobs. If you are an IditaRider, you will keep a diary highlighting your experiences on the trail for publication in The Tiger Paw. If you are an Iditarod Volunteer, you will take factual notes about the Iditarod Race itself and write articles about the event to publish in a special edition of The Tiger Paw. The following web resources can help you decide what choice you would like to make.

When you have decided which job you would like to do, click on that job below to begin the next phase of your iAdventure.