Sled dogs are amazing animals, capable of unbelievable feats of endurance and strength! But it doesn’t all just happen naturally…it takes training! So how do mushers get their dogs ready to run with such extreme grace? What role does the environment play in training- topography, climate? What principals from human athletics can be applied to training canines? How do we know if our training has been successful? Come explore with us as we try to answer these questions. Take an inside look at our current training plan and how we have adapted it from previous years experiences.
Grade level: 4-12
Required Classroom Time:
| Option A |
Option B |
Option C |
| A 1/2 hour to 1 hour (depending on grade level) to visit with us during the videoconference | 3 days- participate in the videoconference but also do the pre- and post-activities | 1 week to 1 month- participate in the videoconference and do the pre- and post-activities and explore/create from all of our Distance Learning Tools. |
Cost:
| Grades: preK-3 (30min.-45min.) | Grades: 4-12 (50min. to 1 hr) |
| N/A | $100.00 |
Content Area:
Primary National Standards: Science (w/ social sciences and math alternatives)
Primary (k-12)
NS.K-12.1 SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understanding about scientific inquiry
NS.K-12.6 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
Personal health
(K-4)
NS.K-4.3 LIFE SCIENCE
The characteristics of organisms
Life cycles of organisms
Organisms and environments
(5-8)
NS.5-8.3 LIFE SCIENCE
Structure and function in living systems
Regulation and behavior
(9-12)
NS.9-12.3 LIFE SCIENCE
Interdependence of organisms
Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
Behavior of organisms
Adaptable to:
| K-12 | ||
| NSS-G.K-12.1 THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective. |
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| NSS-G.K-12.2 PLACES AND REGIONS Understand the physical and human characteristics of places. Understand that people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity. Understand how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. |
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| NSS-G.K-12.5 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY Understand how human actions modify the physical environment. Understand how physical systems affect human systems. |
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| NM-PROB.PK-12.1: Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving; | ||
| NM-PROB.PK-12.1: Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving; | ||
| NM-PROB.PK-12.2: Solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts; | ||
| NM-PROB.PK-12.3: Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems; | ||
| NM-PROB.CONN.PK-12.3: Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics. |
Overview of Videoconference:
| Time | Activity |
| 5-10 min | Intro: Who we are. Who they are. Where we are. Where they are. What we use our dogs for: Racing; distance, mid., jr. Hauling wood Camping |
| 10-15min | What we try to accomplish in our training/conditioning. |
| 10min | Dog run |
| 20min | How we train and condition the dogs. |
| 5min | Good byes |
Overview of Pre- and Post Activities:
| Pre-Activity 1 | Pre-Activity 2 |
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| How do you Train? An activity that looks at how athletes all around us train- from the local soccer league to Big League baseball and hyper-competitive cycling. (40-60min) |
The world around us! Looking at the world we live in and how it shapes the activities we participate in. (20-30min) |
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| Post-Activity 1 |
Post-Activity 2 |
Post-Activity 3 |
| Moodle Survey/quiz; focus on applying information learned about how mushers approach training/condition their dogs and relate it to the activities they participate in (soccer, dance, baseball, etc…) (20min) | Moodle forum post; prompt based on applying information learned about how mushers try to improve the way they train/condition their dogs to ways they might try to improve their performance in activities of their choosing. (10-15min) | “I am thinking…” A paper/pencil activity to explore all the activities that could be helped by a systematic /scientific approach to improvement (20-30min) |
If you have any questions feel free to contact us.
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