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=Welcome to the New North Middle/High School Academic Decathlon Wiki=

The purpose of this Wiki is to provide students with the opportunity to explore, create, share, edit, and explain the concepts we study in Academic Decathlon. Student groups are assigned different topics and are encouraged to be creative in the development of the Wiki page associated with their topic. They can include videos, graphics, photos, diagrams, animations, and any other tool that they believe will help people (most especially their classmates) understand the concepts they are exploring. Students will be subject to peer review as well as instructor evaluation of their efforts. As a part of this project-based learning project, students will be required to present their Wiki pages to their classmates and to a select panel of guests from the community and school district.

Elements of each Wiki page should include definitions of key terms, identification of key concepts, the relationship of key concepts to the theme of the competition, and a critical analysis of any of the specific items included the competition. In addition, the page should provide a detailed explanation of key concepts, their relationship to other thematic concepts, their relationship to the modern world, and methods for studying the material in preparation for the Academic Decathlon competition. At the end of each page, there should be a set of questions (a minumum of ten) that assess the viewer's understanding of the concepts presented on the page.