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Welcome to the Spring High School Academic Decathlon website! Here you will find links to information that will help you to become successful. The Academic Decathlon class is geared to help participants prepare for the local and state competition which will be held in January.
Competition Overview
-10 part, 2 day test
-topics are basic knowledge and focused on the years theme
-Required-prepared speech of 4 minutes and an impromtu speech of 2 minutes
-Essay from 3 choices
-Interview from a panel of judges
-7 multiple choice tests from all subject areas (math, economics, science, art, music, language literature)
-Super Quiz on stage competition
Yes, AcDec is work but it is also very rewarding and will help prepare you for college. The SHS inaugural 2005-2006 team consisted of Chris Huynh, Elizabeth Flagge, Leslie Nguyen, Allison Pace, Redgie Mercado, Tim Strobel, Jose Ventura, Joe Trevino, and Stephanie House.
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The curricular theme for 2006–2007 will be China and Its Influence on the World. Following is some general information on the topics in each of the subject areas.
SUPER QUIZ: The Super Quiz topic will be An Introduction to Climatology. The Super Quiz curriculum will include a climate case study focused on China. The Super Quiz Resource Guide will include readings on such topics as weather and climate, historical evidence of past climate variability, factors that control climate, climates on other planets, the greenhouse effect and human impact on climate change, and the impact of climate change on human activity.
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: The language and literature curriculum will include critical reading, one novel and six poems. The featured novel will be The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
ART: The art curriculum topic will be the art of China, and the curriculum will include the study of eighteen selected artworks. Seventeen of the selected artworks are from the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. One of the artworks is a work of architecture that is located in China.
MUSIC: The music curriculum will focus on the music of China. The Music Resource Guide will cover such topics as traditional Chinese music, Chinese instruments and musical genres, the influence of Western music on Chinese music, and the influence of Chinese music on Western music. The curriculum will include a companion CD, featuring eighteen listening selections.
SOCIAL SCIENCE: The social science curriculum will provide students with an introduction to the history of the People’s Republic of China. The Social Science Resource Guide will include discussion on such topics as the founding and first years of the People’s Republic, Mao and Maoism, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
ECONOMICS: The economics curriculum will focus on fundamentals of economics, including general topics in macro- and microeconomics and international trade and global economic development. The economics curriculum will also include a thematic section focused on the development of a market economy in China.
MATH: The math curriculum will cover topics in the fields of general math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and differential calculus.
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