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This nation-wide project is sponsored in Georgia by the National Science Center Fort Discovery collaborating with the Georgia Educational Technology Training Centers. The project is directed by the ETTC at the National Science Center. 

What can my kids do other than READ these novels?

• Use Inspiration or Kidspiration to create concept webs as theme openers or as a form of note taking.
• Use the JASON journal to write journal entries from the point of view or "from the shoes" of one of the characters
• Use novel information to enhance students' map skills and time zone skills
• Use Timeliner to create a time line of events (chronology) in the novel or to track non-fictional events found in the story
• Use 500 Nations (InTech software) for background information on the Inuit
• Discuss on-line, or in class, characteristics of dogs and possibly use topics mentioned in the books as topics for research activities that result in traditional reports/papers accompanied by a multimedia presentation in KidPix or Power Point
• Use the author as a focus and have students learn about the author in biographical activities

Themes that ties these novels to JASON XIII

• Arctic vs. Antarctic
• Winter 2001 Scientific American Explorations
• Animals
• Geography
• Weather
• Astronomical phenomenon
• Culture of the indigenous peoples from Alaska
• How Alaskans interact with the ecosystems
• Iditarod (1st Saturday in March)
• Polar explorations used a century ago vs. methodologies used today
• Rationale behind polar explorations
• Personal survival in polar explorations/wilderness

Ask ERIC Lesson Plans

• A Study of Alaska, grades 2-12, #AELP - GGR0029
• Alaska's Climate Zones, grades 6-8, #AELP - GGR0046
• Animals of the Poles, grades 3-4, #AELP - ANM0200
• Mapping Antarctica, grades 5-6, #AELP - GGR0203

Supplemental Videos

• National Geographic's Braving Alaska ASIN:6304473982; $19.90
• IMAX - Alaska: Spirit of the Wild     ASIN:B00000IKZL; $19.95
• Alaska                                                ASIN:0780625218; $14.95