1. Academic Pentathlon Team Competition 2016

2. Agenda 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

3. What is Academic Pentathlon? AcaPenta is a five-event middle school competition It is a small version of the high school Academic Decathlon.

4. What is Academic Pentathlon? Academic Decathlon 2012 San Juan High School

5. Prepare to take an “impossible” test on a subject.

6. What do I need to know? This year you should know everything about India.

7. Ok. Not everything. Ecology of India Art and architecture of India Music of India History of modern India Literature of India Permutations, combinations, algebra and statistics

8. Why join AcaPenta? Enjoy the pursuit of knowledge Learn study skills Learn testing strategies Learn to study as a team

9. Why join AcaPenta? Develop pride in academic success Develop critical thinking skills Have fun while learning

10. 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)

11. Who gets to be on the team? Reliable Studious Enthusiastic Cooperative Supportive

12. Who gets to be on the team?

13. We CAN have two teams We will not select for teams until late November

14. Any Questions?

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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.