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Staci KruseMath ConMathCON is a popular math competition for students grades 5-12. MathCON reaches out to more students every year with 2 related goals: To contribute to their academics by challenging and entertaining them with insight math problems and to promote high-quality math education.http://mathcon.org/5th - 12th
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Natasha StraayerDCSDBrain Bowl We are doing our best to improve the quality of the organization by adding new components every year based on the feedback from the students, teachers and the community.http://www.optimistbrainbowl.org/6th and up
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Erin Hastedt, Staci KruseSCE/BCEContinental Math LeagueStudents practice with a high level problem solving packet and then test monthly for competitionhttp://www.continentalmathematicsleague.com/cml.htmlCML packets80 min./week2-6th
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Staci KruseSMECreative Kids MagazineStudents submit stories, poems, puzzleshttp://www.ckmagazine.org
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Erin HastedtSCEDestination ImaginationThe Destination Imagination program encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks, focus, and frame challenges while incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), the arts, and service learning. Our participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process. Teams may showcase their solutions at a tournament. http://www.destinationimagination.org/Schema game(set of cards with instant challenge tasks), Omermedia books (spontaneous performance problems, instant challengesgroups 30 minutes/week and a team after school 90 minutes per weekk-6th
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Natasha StraayerDCSDFuture Problem SolversFounded by creativity pioneer, Dr. E. Paul Torrance, Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI) stimulates critical and creative thinking skills, encourages students to develop a vision for the future, and prepares students for leadership roles. FPSPI engages students in creative problem solving within the curriculum and provides competitive opportunities. http://www.fpspi.org/Amber McFarland - coach of FPS for 7 years and program trainer (training takes approximately 3-4 hours)3 competitions per year. Each competition works with a different science or social issue. For the competitions, teams consisting of 3 to 4 students work together to complete a competition booklet in a two hour time frame. 4/12/2014
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Staci KruseSMEKids Are Authors (Scholastic) Kids work in teams of 3 or more to write and illustrate a picture book. Due March 15thhttp://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/contest/kaa_about.aspStart in fall. Meet with groups at least once a week. Also use Edmodo to communicate. K-8
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Erin HastedtSCEThinking Cap Quiz BowlOnline trivia competition - very easy to facilitate! Lots of fun, similar to KMOhttp://www.thinkingcapquizbowl.com/thinkingcap5/6, 7/8
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Kim Herman, Jessica Simmons, Erin HastedtCSE, NEI, SCEMath Olympiadhttp://www.moems.org/practice 1 hour/week monthly competitions4-6th
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Shannon McPhersonCRUNSpeech/Debate5th/6th Graders Enrichment of ELA where students are using real world problems to develop arguments for or against and are debating those arguements in competition style venue. Backwards Planone hour per week 5/6th
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Erin HastedtSCEPassion Projectshttps://docs.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/presentation/d/1x1Yk33GexPkF3AnxTnWAsirQIEOQ6djVCGzuTU0h_4w/edit?usp=sharing
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