Junior Division Indiana Academic Super Bowl

2008 Competition Results
Congratulations to all schools who participated in the April 26, 2008 Junior Division Academic Super Bowl. All Statewide Results are now posted on the Competition Results Page. Click here to see the results!

2009 "Norse Culture" Drafts
Second Drafts of 2009 Norse Culture Outlines are available by clicking here. Second Drafts were developed at open meetings in the Spring and Fall of 2007. Final outlines will be released at the 2008 Academic Coaches Conference.

2010 "1960's and 70's" Study Guide Meeting
The first study guide development meeting for the 2010 Indiana Academic Super Bowl will be held on May 8, beginning at 10am in the IASP office (11025 East 25th Street). The meeting is open to all who are interested. The meeting will help develop the first drafts of the study guides, so please bring ideas on topics and sources. If you are unable to attend in person, please submit ideas by email to kharrop@iasp.org

2008 "Civil War" Invitational Questions
The questions used for the Junior Division Invitationals (3/31 - 4/12) are posted on the same page as earlier practice questions and handouts from the October 3 conference. Click here for the questions.

2008 Borders Book Store Order Form
Borders will have books used as resources for the 2008 Indiana Academic Super Bowl available at a discounted price through their Castleton store. Coaches who attend the October 3 Academic Coaches Conference may pick up their books at the conference, or coaches may order the books and have them shipped after October 3. Click here for the Borders order form.

2008 Jr English Documents
Four non-fiction sources for the Indiana Academic Super Bowl Junior Division are being made available on the IASP web site. Although there are several variations of these works available in other locations, the selections below are the ONLY one used by the question writer for this contest. Adobe Reader is required to view or print all of these documents. Several documents are fairly large and may take some extra time to open, depending on your computer and internet connection speed.
Frederick Douglass - Selections from "My Escape From Slavery"
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Selections from "Self Reliance"
Henry David Thoreau - Selctions from "Nature (from Walden)"
Mary Chesnut - Selections from "A Diary From Dixie"

Invitational Competition Information
Many schools choose to enter Invitational competitions, which are organized locally, but use questions provided by IASP. A complete list of 2008 Invitationals Hosts who have contacted the IASP office is available by clicking here. You will see many of the competitions are "Open" (accepting entries). If you would like to host an invitational and have not yet ordered questions, click here to go to the Forms page to find the order form.

Important Links for Coaches
The following links may help coaches prepare for upcoming competitions:
Proctor Instructions [Requires Adobe Reader]
Competition Timeline [Requires Adobe Reader]
Sample of the Student Answer Sheet [Requires Adobe Reader]
Sample of a blank Team Registration Form [Requires Adobe Reader]
(the official Team Registration Form will be given to coaches at the Area Competition, and will include the information submitted though the online form)

2007-2008 Academic Super Bowl Coaches Handbook
All coaches should become familiar with the Coaches Handbook. All items which have changed for 2007-08 are indicated in italics.
Click here for the Coaches Handbook [Requires Adobe Reader]

Purchasing Practice Questions
IASP will continue to publish practice questions on this web site, which are free, and written by the same question writers as the competition questions. However, many coaches have requested information on how to purchase additional practice questions, which were formerly sold by the Academic Coaches Association. The Lowell Academic Booster Club has taken on that project, and will sell sets of practice questions (approximately 1,000 for junior level, and 1,200 for senior level) for $25. While these questions are not created by the same writers as the competition questions, we believe many coaches may be interested in using these as a tool for their team. For inquiries you should contact Joe Gianotti at jgianotti@hotmail.com or call him at (219) 313-5907.

Instructions for Academic Super Bowl Proctors.

Student Answer Sheet used at the Indiana Academic Super Bowl
[Requires Adobe Reader]

2008 Junior Competition Round Order is:
1. Science
2. Social Studies
3. Math
4. English
5. Interdisciplinary

Description of the Junior Division Indiana Academic Super Bowl

Content

The middle/junior high school (Junior Division) competition will be made up of four subject matter rounds (English, science, social studies, and mathematics) and a fifth interdisciplinary round in which questions may come from any and all of the subject matter rounds. Some interdisciplinary questions will require knowledge of at least two subject areas.

Team Selection

Junior division teams may include up to five squads. Each of the four subject area squads may have a maximum of five students. The interdisciplinary squad may consist of seven students. Any given student may compete on a maximum of two subject area squads and may also compete on the interdisciplinary squad (three squads total). Each subject area squad may consist of one or more grade levels.

Eligibility

Any student enrolled full-time in grades 9-12 is eligible to compete on a high school team. Any full-time student in grades 7 and 8 is eligible to compete on a junior division team. Sixth grade students may participate if they are housed in the same building with the 7th and 8th graders as a middle school. Ninth graders housed in a middle school must either compete with the team from the high school which they will attend or they may compose a team of their own and compete in the high school division. Within these constraints, schools may select their teams in any manner and with any additional criteria they choose.
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