Transcript Academic Pentathlon

Academic Pentathlon
Team Competition 2016
Agenda
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What is Academic Pentathlon?
What do I need to know?
Why join?
What will I have to do?
Who gets to be on the team?
Question time
Sample Questions from competiton
What is Academic Pentathlon?
• AcaPenta is a five-event
middle school competition
• It is a small version of the high
school Academic Decathlon.
What is Academic Pentathlon?
Academic Decathlon 2012
San Juan High School
Prepare to take
an “impossible”
test on a subject.
What do I need to know?
•This year you should
know everything
about India.
Ok. Not everything.
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Ecology of India
Art and architecture of India
Music of India
History of modern India
Literature of India
Permutations, combinations, algebra and
statistics
Why join AcaPenta?
• Enjoy the pursuit of knowledge
• Learn study skills
• Learn testing strategies
• Learn to study as a team
Why join AcaPenta?
• Develop pride in academic
success
• Develop critical thinking skills
• Have fun while learning
What will I have to do?
• Study on your own
• Weekly meetings after school to study as a
group
• Practice test with teammates at FMS
• Practice test with another school(??)
• Online practice competition (January 2016)
• Online essay competition (February 2016)
• Online regional competition (February 2016)
Who gets to be on the team?
• Reliable
• Studious
• Enthusiastic
• Cooperative
• Supportive
Who gets to be on the team?
Who gets to be on the team?
• We CAN have two teams
• We will not select for teams
until late November
Any Questions?
Sample Questions
• Tiktaalik is a transitional species that was found in
a very small area. However, the fossils of its
ancestors and the species that evolved from it
were spread over vast regions. This pattern is
consistent with
a. mutation
b. punctuated equilibrium
c. linkage disequilibrium
d. random distribution
e. phylogeny
Sample Questions
• Tiktaalik is a transitional species that was found in
a very small area. However, the fossils of its
ancestors and the species that evolved from it
were spread over vast regions. This pattern is
consistent with
a. mutation
b. punctuated equilibrium
c. linkage disequilibrium
d. random distribution
e. phylogeny
Sample Questions
What is meant by the phrase "turn genes on" or
"turn genes off "?
a. Mobile elements copy or degrade a gene
within a cell.
b. Hox genes determine whether specific genes
are expressed in a particular place and time.
c. Genes are differentially spliced.
d. Mutations within a gene activate or degrade
the gene.
e. Proteins enhance or degrade the activity of
other proteins within a gene.