WishboneDawn Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I saw the thread on the national Mythology Exam and showed it to my daughter. She seems excited and I'm wondering if if there might not be other opportunities out there in terms of exams and contests and such that might challenge her and offer some nice rewards (whether external, like the Nat. Myth. Exam medals or simply the satisfaction of meeting a goal) for completion. Any and all subjects welcome. Maybe we can build a list of links here? A few to start... National Mythology Exam Exploratory Latin Exam NaNoWriMo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtmcm Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MO Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 THANKS! I had not even heard about this and DD is a huge myth reader. I appreciate your sharing the link. Blessings, Julie in MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saille Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Ooh! That Exploratory Latin one looks cool. The irony is, I'd probably never have found it without this thread, but I'm very familiar with Miami U. My SIL is a graduate, and it's near my ILs. They have a paleontology museum we'd like to go to, and we'd happily move to the area. Funny how these things work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 For slightly more advanced Latin students, there's the National Latin Exam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatonsmom Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I don't have any to add but will be watching. The contest from Magic Treehouse this summer had my readers burning up the pages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinteach Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 (edited) Here are some Classically-themed contests. The American Classical League sponsors a poster contest. This links to last year's announcement, but will give you an idea of what they are looking for: http://www.aclclassics.org/Institute/2009/Poster.aspx This is the link for next year's institute and you can watch for the poster announcement there: http://www.aclclassics.org/institute/2010/ Association foR Latin Teaching ARLT Latin Reading Contest (UK-only) http://arltblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/arlt-reading-competition-2010/ You can still register for this one. Golden Sponge Stick http://flavias.blogspot.com/2009/08/golden-sponge-stick-comp-09.html Open internationally this year, still open for entries. Bernice Fox Writing Contest http://department.monm.edu/classics/Department/FoxContest/ (last year's announcement, watch for next year's) Classical Literacy Exam No Latin required, but will include some memorized phrases and mottoes. http://abqlatin.com/classical-literacy-exam You can still register for this one. Medusa Myth Exam http://www.medusaexam.cjb.net/ You can still register for this one. Phaedrus Latin Contest http://www.phaedruslatincontest.org/index.php You can still register for this one. Edited October 26, 2009 by latinteach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 I've found some more that look interesting... Book Arts Bash Writing contest. Deadline Jan.1 Association for Women in Mathematics Biography Contest Interview and write a biography of a local women involved in mathematics. Deadline Feb. 27 Columbus State University Math Contest Weekly contest with draws for T-shirts. Large list of contests: Hoagie's Gifted:Contests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 There is also the National Greek Exam. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I made a Squidoo Lens on this topic - I have some mentioned there that you haven't mentioned yet: http://www.squidoo.com/contests-for-students FYI - my kids and our homeschool group have had a lot of success with contests. At present my youngest's Stock Market team is in 3rd place in our region (there is money in it for the top 3 teams ....) One I didn't mention on my lens is the Linguistics contests http://www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu/. This is not one we have done well in yet, but I think it is fun and I hope with some practice my kids can get the hang of it Meryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 And here's one I discovered a week or so ago - http://kidsciencechallenge.com/ It is for 3rd -6th graders, is free and looks like a lot of fun. I am getting my daughter to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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