ERIC Number: EJ610397
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Publication Date: 1999
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Doggone Good Lessons.
Raack, Lenaya
NCREL's Learning Point, v1 n2 p4-6 Spr-Sum 1999
Describes a teacher's experiences developing and implementing a three-week interdisciplinary unit for fourth grade students that revolves around the Alaskan Iditarod sled dog race. Students read about the race history, figure out a racing budget, learn about animal breeding and care, and follow the actual progress of the racing teams via Internet and e-mail technology. (WRM)
Descriptors: Animals, Athletics, Class Activities, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, History, Integrated Activities, Internet, Mathematics Activities, Reading Instruction, Relevance (Education), Science Activities, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Student Research
Published by the North Central Regional Laboratory, 1900 Spring Road, Suite 300, Oak Brook, IL 60523-1480.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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