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Just How Cold is it in Maryland?
Well – at one point yesterday it was colder in Oakland, Maryland than the South Pole! At one point it was – 15⁰ in Western Maryland and -7⁰ at the South Pole! In Baltimore, we didn’t get quite as...
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More on the Weather
The weather continues to be the big story as we prepare for this year’s Iditarod. It seems like the world has turned upside down… at least it looks that way on our weather graph! The line tracking...
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Tales from the Trail: Special Delivery
This year, two mushers will be carrying special packages on their sleds to make a special delivery in Nome. In order to promote vaccine awareness, Martin Buser and Aliy Zirkle will carry vaccine from...
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Making Connections in Nature – Bats, Moose, and Prickly Pear…Oh My!
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” John Burroughs How could one teacher be so lucky? This summer I was fortunate enough to come face to face with two...
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Trek to Matanuska
The 2015 Iditarod Summer Camp teachers trek the Matanuska Glacier According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, a glacier is, “a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or...
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The Northern Lights in a Bowl
Bringing the northern lights to Texas! The 2016 Iditarod class has been learning about mixtures and solutions in our science class, and I wanted to try combining our demonstrations and experiments with...
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Iron Dog Racers
Our “iron dog” racers made it all the way to the finish line using Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion! Erin Montgomery, 2015 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ on her iron dog – photo courtesy Erin Montgomery This...
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All Lit Up: Circuitry, Engineering, and The Last Great Race on Earth®
The city of Nome, Alaska, under the “northern lights” lit up by the 2016 Iditarod class Our amazing 4th grade students at Eanes Elementary School spent several days designing and creating a “Circuit...
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Testing Your Iditarod I.Q. With STEM
Checking our Iditarod quiz answers using STEM and circuits The 2016 Iditarod class has been learning about informational text and graphic features in my language arts class. We used the Scholastic...
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