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Art Grades: 4-6

The art contest involves the study of 40 paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and from Texas art galleries and museums. Students will learn to recognize and identify various works of art and the artists who created them. As part of their study, they will demonstrate a basic understanding of art history and interpret ideas and moods in original art works.

Calculator Applications Grades: 6

The calculator applications contest is designed to stimulate the development of mathematical and calculator skills. Goals are both intellectual and practical: developing mathematical reasoning and knowledge and requiring the application of problem-solving skills toward realistic problems.

Chess Puzzle Grades:4-6

The benefits of chess are well documented for players of all ages, and especially for young people. Chess teaches problem solving, hones concentration and encourages analytical and strategic thinking. Chess can be a lifelong pursuit. Chess puzzle solving introduces students to the study of chess.

Dictionary Skills Grades:4-6

Thorough knowledge of the dictionary is a way to increase a student's ability to find the information that is needed for class work as well as everyday living.

Editorial Writing Grades: 6

The editorial writing contest will build writing skills as well as refine the students' ability to prepare a well-balanced persuasive paper.

Ready Writing Grades: 4-6

Ready writing builds writing skills and helps students refine their writing abilities. This contest helps students learn to write a clear and correct paper that is interesting and original.

Impromptu Speaking Grades: 6

Impromptu speaking provides opportunities for students to explore the use of the voice and body in speaking situations, to examine the different purposes for speaking, to organize ideas, to prepare and deliver various speeches and to develop self-confidence.

Listening Grades: 5-6

The listening contest is designed to help students recognize the importance of effective listening skills and to identify problems they have in listening effectively. The contest provides a challenging format to test the improvement of their listening abilities, and encourages students to develop the foundation skills they will need through out their lives, both in and out of the classroom.

Maps, Graphs, and Charts Grades: 5-6

The maps, graphs, and charts contest is designed to help students learn to obtain information from a variety of maps, graphs, and charts including world maps, pie charts, bar graphs and local area maps.

Modern Oratory Grades: 6

The contestants will select one of the topics, determine the critical issues in the topic, and acknowledge both pro and con points citing support discovered in their research. Students will choose a side to defend and support that side with additional evidence.

Music notes flying from woman's silhouette

Music Memory Grades:4-6

The focus of the music memory contest is an in-depth study of fine pieces of music literature taken from a wide spectrum of music genres to expose students to great composers, their lives, and their music.

Number Sense Grades: 4-6

Everyday, individuals are called upon to use their ability to make quick mental calculations to make decisions. The development of such abilities is integral part of the curriculum. The concepts covered include, but are not limited to: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, proportions, and use of mathematic notation.

Oral Reading Grades: 4-6

Reading literature out loud provides opportunities for students to analyze the text, to grow and to develop as a performer, to communicate a message to an audience and to perform artistic creation.

Reading Writing Grades: 4-6

Ready writing builds those skills and helps students refine their writing abilities.In particular this contest helps students learn to write a clear and correct paper that is interesting and original.

Social Studies Grades:5-6

This contest is designed to encourage students to expand their knowledge of social studies, particularly in the areas of history, government systems, economics, citizenship, and culture.

Spelling Grades: 4-6

The spelling contest is designed to expose students to a wide variety of vocabulary words.

Science Grades:6

Emphasis for the Science contest will be placed on knowledge of scientific fact, understanding of scientific principles and the ability to think through scientific problems. The contest was designed to test not only memory but the ability to critically think about science and scientific processes and concepts. Such concepts include, but are not limited to: matter and energy, equilibrium, force and motion, physical and chemical properties, the relationship between organisms and the environment, the components of our solar system, the composition of matter and genetics. The contest will build upon the vast body of changing and increasing knowledge described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models.