Quest for Learning

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  • Student Drawing

    Student Drawing

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    Students show their support for the mushers in many ways. Here's a drawing Lisa McGee from Lethbridge sent us showing how one of her students is cheering on Curt Perano. Great work!  Anyone else have something they would like to share? Send them along and we'll post them.  

  • Smokin’ Ace Kennels | Dropped Dogs & Racing

    Smokin’ Ace Kennels | Dropped Dogs & Racing

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    With race season upon us, we thought it’d be a good time to talk about ‘dropped dogs’, or what the Iditarod is now calling, ‘returned dogs’ and why a dog would be pulled from a team. Have no fear, a ‘dropped’ dog does NOT mean a dog is simply left on the side of the…

  • Dress Layers

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    Just how many layers is ENOUGH? We're often asked 'how cold does it get?', and 'what do mushers wear to keep warm?' Blair Braverman raced with us in 2018 to qualify for the Iditarod this year, and she is currently in Alaska training her team and getting ready for the March Iditarod start line. She…

  • More Yukon Quest Lesson Activities

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    Here are some more Yukon Quest Lesson Activites. (These are designed for the 2019 race but are a good resource.) Resource generously provided by Karen Wilson,  Instructional Coach. More of her materials can be purchased at Teachers pay Teachers. She can be found under the author Teachers Keeper.

  • Yukon Quest Reading Race

    Yukon Quest Reading Race

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    The Yukon Quest Reading Race is courtesy of Nancy Dilley, teacher/librarian at Minneota Public Schools, Minnesota. We used the Yukon Quest Reading Race (YQRR) as a focus of our I Love to Read Month celebration for Pre-school – 6th grade.  Class/student teams raced a musher to the finish of the Yukon Quest from Fairbanks, Alaska to…

  • What Happens at a Checkpoint?

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    There are 11 checkpoints on the Yukon Quest trail (including the start and end checkpoints). To see what these checkpoints look like, use the Trail Map and click on the checkpoint. There are some really good photographs from Harry Kern that should give you an idea of what they look like. There is a lot…

  • Request a Skype Call

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    The race start is getting closer. And we would love to do a Skype chat with you and your class. It won't be fancy. Because of bandwidth limits in the middle of wilderness Alaska and Yukon, (There is no internet on much of the trail.) you would see us from our home in Whitehorse or…

  • Submit a Good Question

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    Good Questions are now closed for this year. Check back again when the Quest is closer to the start. Do you have a good question for us. Use this form to send it to us and we'll see what we can do. Here are some ideas you can request. Just a plain question to us…

  • Food Drop Math

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    The food drop for the 2018 Yukon Quest took place on the weekend. CBC did a report "What's in Your Bag." It provides a good overview. We took some photos to give you a better idea of the supplies required to run the quest. The slideshow below tells the story – Mushers get their supplies…

  • The Two Legged Teams

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    There are hundreds of people who work behind the scenes so the mushers and their dogs can run the Yukon Quest. We will highlight some of these "teams". Some of the questions we have: How do you choose your team? What are the qualities you are looking for? How are people selected and do you…