Cesar Chavez Elementary School

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The Iditarod Race

• By Crystal
• Cesar Chavez Elementary School
• Ms. Calvo

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What is the Iditarod?

• The Iditarod
  
• starts on the first Saturday of
• March.
• has a different route every other
• year.
• this year has 87 mushers.
• mushers cant have more than 16
• dogs and no less than 8 dogs.
• is a rough race, so good luck to all
• the mushers!

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Requirements to be a Musher

• The musher
• 
  must be 18 years or older.
  
  has to complete a race that
• is 500 miles long if he or
• she is a rookie.
• has to have written proof
• submitted to the Iditarod
• Trail Committee (ITC) that
• s/he has met that 500 miles
• requirement then the ITC
• will make a decision.

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Mandatory Things

• The musher
• has to take an 8 hour and 24 hour rest at a
  checkpoint.
• has to know the conditions of the route and the
  dog team.
• the veterinarian has to check the dogs at each
  checkpoint.
• suitable sleeping bag weighing at least 5 lbs.
• an ax-the head must weigh at least 1-3/4
  lbs-handle must be at
• least 22 long.
• a pair of snowshoes with a strip that is sewn,
  attached over, or
• along the edge of it.
• any advancement material given by the ITC.
• eight booties for every single dog in the sled
  or
• it can be in use.
• a working cooker and pot able to boil at
• least 3 gal of water in one setting.
• a veterinarian notebook-has to be checked.
• by the veterinarian at each checkpoint.
• three bottles of Heet (36 oz).
• HAS TO KNOW THESE THINGS!

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My Musher Harmony Barron

• is 28 years old.
• grew up in Northern California and in
• Oregon.
• went to Alaska after high school, then she
• went with her family in 2000 to Montana.
• began mushing in 1994.
• has a husband, Jason Barron.
• likes to color horses and dogs.
• in 2002 she won 1,049 from finishing the
• Iditarod in the 41st position and won the
• Montana race to the sky.

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Predictions for My Musher

• My musher
• has been in the Iditarod
• only one time and placed
• 41st place.
• she will maybe do better
• this year because she has
• more training.
• will finish in 11 or 12 days.
• will finish in the 30th place.
• will have 9 or 10 dogs.

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The Race Begins

• The race
• starts in Anchorage.
• Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska.
• re-starts in Willow because in Wasilla there
  wasnt enough snow.

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Checkpoint 1 Anchorage

• My musher is at Anchorage,
• in 2nd position.
• She checked out of
• Anchorage at 1004 with 12
• dogs on her team.
• She has 1,036 miles to get to
• Nome.
• Anchorage information
• latitude 61.12 N
• longitude 149.55 W
• population 254,849

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Restart Willow

• The race re-started at Willow
• on Sunday, March 7th.
• She checked out of Willow on
• 3/7 at 1002 am with 16 dogs.
• She has 997 miles to get to
• Nome.
• Her next checkpoint is Yentna.
• I predict she will arrive in 4 or
• 5 hours.
• hours to Yentna.

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Checkpoint 5 Skwentna

• My musher is at Skwentna, in 60th position.
• She checked in at Skwentna on 3/7
• at 2102. Her dog team has 15 dogs.
• Her next checkpoint is Finger Lake.
• It is 45 miles from Skwentna.
• I predict she will arrive in 4 or 5 hours to her
• next checkpoint.
• She has 963 miles to get to Nome.
• She has gone through Anchorage, Eagle
• River, and Yentna.
• Skwentna information
• latitude 61.55 N
  
• longitude 151.11 W
• population 90

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Checkpoint 10 McGrath

• My musher is at McGrath, in 60th
• position.
• She checked in at McGrath on 3/11 at 0004
• with 14 dogs on her dog team. In McGrath,
• she took the 24 hour rest.
• Her next checkpoint is Takotna.
• It is 18 miles away from McGrath.
• I predict she will arrive the next day in the
• day to her next checkpoint.
• She has 712 miles to get to Nome.
• McGrath information
• latitude 62.57 N
• longitude155.36 W
• population 479

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Checkpoint 15 Galena

• My musher is at Galena in 71st position.
• She checked in at Galena on 3/15 at 1304
• Her dog team has 12 dogs.
• Her next checkpoint is Nulato.
• It is 52 miles away from McGrath.
• I predict she will arrive tomorrow
• morning to her next checkpoint.
• She has gone through Takotna, Ophir,
• Cripple, and Ruby. She took her 8
• hour rest at Ruby.
• She has 445 miles to get to Nome.
• Galena information
• latitude64.44 N
• longitude156.56 W
• population527

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Checkpoint 20 Koyuk

• My musher is at Koyuk, in 69th position.
• She checked in at Koyuk on 3/18 at 152900
• Her dog team has 12 dogs.
• She has gone through Nulato, Kaltag,
• Unalakleet, and Shaktoolik.
• Her next checkpoint is Elim.
• I predict she will arrive in 4 or 5 hours
• to her next checkpoint.
• She has 171 miles to get to Nome.
• Koyuk information
• latitude61.12 N
• longitude149.55
• population254,849

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Checkpoint 24 Nome

• YEAH! My musher now finally finished the race!
• My musher finished in 68th position.
• She checked in at Nome on 3/20 at 155847 with
  12 dogs.
• Her award is 1,049.
• Nome information
• latitude 64.30 N
• longitude 165.25 W
• population 3,576

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Reflections

• What I liked about this experience was that we
  always had to log onto the website to find the
  latest race updates. I love being on the
  Internet! I also liked predicting and
  anticipating what was going to happen. I was
  close on my predictions on the number of days my
  musher would finish the race. I predicted that
  Harmony Barron would finish in 11 or 12 days. She
  finished in 13 days, 5 hours, 58 minutes, with 47
  seconds. I predicted she would arrive with 9 or
  10 dogs and she arrived with 12 dogs to Nome. I
  thought she would finish in 30th place, but she
  didnt. She finished in 68th place. At least she
  finished the race and she will receive 1,049
  dollars!

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Reflections

• Through all the time that weve been here, I
  dont think we had realized that we did a lot of
  different subjects. We did 30 Iditarod Problem
  of the Day (P.O.D.) for Math using many
  operations. We learned when the first Iditarod
  race began, and why, so we did some History, too.
  We predicted how long our mushers' would take to
  get to the next checkpoint. We saw how many miles
  there are from one checkpoint to the other. In
  Language Arts we corrected sentences. For Reading
  we read biographies of our musher. At school we
  watched a movie called The Iditarod Dogs.
  Mushers are really close to their dogs. It was
  amazing to see the relationship between the dogs
  and the mushers. The dogs are trust worthy,
  caring, devoted, and mans best friend. Mrs.
  Walker showed us how to use Word Art, how to use
  Advance Search for Google. We learned how to see
  our presentation slides in order. They showed us
  how to paste and cut easier. We also learned how
  to use good websites, and how to get the exact
  thing from the Internet. Ms. Calvo copied a sheet
  that had checkpoint descriptions, it had the
  population, the latitude, and the longitude.
  Instead of doing a slide for each and every
  checkpoint we did it by fives. Mrs. Walker showed
  us how to get pictures from the Internet. We
  learned how to use technology wisely and faster.
  We used digital cameras to take pictures and put
  them on our slides.
• We were really busy and hard-working! I think
  this experience was a great one! I really hope I
  do this again!

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All My Thanks

• The people I want to say thanks to is to Ms.
  Calvo, my teacher, the people in the District Lab
  which are Mrs. Walker, Mr. Rick, Mr. Cerda, Ms.
  Adela, Albert and Mr. Gallegos. If it wasnt for
  Ms. Calvo we wouldnt have came. Thank you to Mr.
  Gallegos for letting us come here. I also want to
  say thanks to my group, Brenda, Charlie, and
  Justin. Finally, I want to say thank you to my
  mom, Roselia, my dad, Cesar, and my brother,
  Cesar jr. and all my family. They have always
  been there for me. Theres a lot of people to say
  thanks to, but I decided to point out only some
  people, and I want to say thank you to everyone.
  

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