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Same here. I see they are supplying students with the maps, but do they know yet which maps they are going to be using?
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Benedict wrote:I have an question.
Do you know which map are we using for Road Scholar during the 2017-2018 session?
Are you talking about competitions? Because you're not supposed to know what maps they will be using for tests until when you walk into that room.drcubbin wrote:Same here. I see they are supplying students with the maps, but do they know yet which maps they are going to be using?
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We have quite a selection of previously used Road Scholar maps which we are attempting to match up with past tests. We have been going through the questions on the past test for any indicators of what specific map was used. But aside from this "peck and hunt" method, does anyone have a method of gathering matching materials for this event?
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I've always found this event to be weird in NY - the highway maps are requested in advance, and the students have to supply them. There is no rules-based reason for this to be the case; it's always clearly prescribed by the rules that all maps are furnished by the supervisor. Plus, the idea is that the event tests map skills, not the ability to memorize certain map features ahead of time.dxu46 wrote:Benedict wrote:I have an question.
Do you know which map are we using for Road Scholar during the 2017-2018 session?Are you talking about competitions? Because you're not supposed to know what maps they will be using for tests until when you walk into that room.drcubbin wrote:Same here. I see they are supplying students with the maps, but do they know yet which maps they are going to be using?
For practice tests, you can download the USGS topographic maps. Printing them can be an annoying challenge. https://store.usgs.gov/maps
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Look for the tests. My coach compiled a dropbox full of Road Scholar tests, and organized them. He also had downloads for some of the maps, but not all. The real issue was finding road maps which matched those on the actual test. I found that if you snoop around the internet a bit, with the right keywords, you can find the map in a state archive so somewhere, depending on the map significance.drcubbin wrote:We have quite a selection of previously used Road Scholar maps which we are attempting to match up with past tests. We have been going through the questions on the past test for any indicators of what specific map was used. But aside from this "peck and hunt" method, does anyone have a method of gathering matching materials for this event?
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This is my first time doing Road Scholar and I'm looking for some advice on how to prepare for this. Members of my team have done it in years past, but due to lack of interest in the topic no one ever made it into the top 3/4 of places. I'm trying to improve this event for our team this year, so does anyone have advice?
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Interest is a big thing. Our school always has people that are interested in most of the events, with the events that people are not interested in having coaches that try to interest people. But that is only for build events. I'd say just try to make interest, either by making members go super indepth into the topic (that usually works) or look for people who always look outside when in a car for road signs (I did RS in 2016 because of that ). And once you do well at competitions with it, more people naturally want to join because they think that they could also do well in the event (Our school won 4 national medals last year, with RS being one of them, and this year, hordes of people came to the kickoff meetings to those events ).Anomaly wrote:This is my first time doing Road Scholar and I'm looking for some advice on how to prepare for this. Members of my team have done it in years past, but due to lack of interest in the topic no one ever made it into the top 3/4 of places. I'm trying to improve this event for our team this year, so does anyone have advice?
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I did road scholar back in 8th grade (wow 4 years ago) and honestly, the worst part of it for me was my lack of interest. It is (well, at least back then) a pretty straightforward event. Make sure to know those map symbols haha
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