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Mathematical Practices
MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
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Iditarod Race Team Each sled dog team is led by a musher, whose
job is to keep the dogs well fed and cared for during the race.
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An Iditarod Checkpoint
(Credit:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/First_
iditarod_checkpoint.JPG/800px-First_iditarod_checkpoint.JPG)
During the race, sled dogs must eat meals that are nutritionally
balanced so that they can perform to the best of their ability
and remain healthy. A few weeks before the race begins, food
for the sled dogs is placed in drop bags. These bags are dropped
off at checkpoints along the race route so the mushers can
feed their dogs during the race. Your role is to figure out how
much of each kind of food will go into each drop bag.
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Beef Meat
Beaver Meat
Caribou Meat
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Chicken Fat
Beef Fat
Fish Oil
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Total Carbohydrate 0g
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Salmon Snacks
Kibble
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
To Share
Present your completed Drop Bag
Planning Chart to the check-in
officials and answer their questions
concerning dog nutrition. The officials
need to make sure your dogs will
be well fed during the race. In your
presentation, be sure to include the
following:
A completed Drop Bag Planning
Chart showing how much of each
food you plan to include in each
drop bag
Calculations that show that the
bag meets the calorie and nutrient
requirements
Justification for how you chose the
foods included in the drop bag
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Item
Calories from
Fat in 1 Pound
Number of
Pounds in
Drop Bag
Calories from
Fat in Drop
Bag
Total Calories
Beef Meat
Beaver
Meat
Caribou
Meat
Chicken
Fat
Beef Fat
Fish Oil
Salmon
Snacks
Kibble
Totals
Percent
of Total
Calories
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Rubric
Feature
Mathematics
Excellent
Satisfactory
Fair
Unsatisfactory
Mathematics is correct.
Mathematics has a
major error.
Explanation is supported
with detailed and accurate
mathematics. Thinking
process is easy to follow.
Explanation is attempted
but shows little evidence of
mathematical understanding.
Thinking process is difficult
to follow.
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