What You'll Learn

With five different subject areas in Academic Pentathlon, and a new curricular theme each year, you will constantly be learning something different. Pentathlon uses the same theme as Academic Decathlon which can create an entire curriculum. The more years you participate in Academic Pentathlon, the more themes you will master. These themes are developed by our curriculum team with special attention to national content standards. Your participation in Pentathlon will allow you to become more knowledgeable and a stronger all-around student.

The 2024-25 United States Academic Pentathlon theme is Our Changing Climate. Below is a brief summary of the topics covered.
 
SCIENCE: The science topic will be an introduction to environmental science.
 
LITERATURE: The literature curriculum will include critical reading, one long work of literature, and selected shorter works. The 2024–2025 novel is Melt by Ele Fountain,  ISBN-10: 1782692886.
 
FINE ARTS: The fine arts curriculum is a combination of art and music. The guide will offer an introduction to environmental and environmentalist art and music in the natural world.

SOCIAL SCIENCE: The social science topic will be climate change in the past and present.
 
MATHEMATICS: The mathematics curriculum will provide an overview of permutations, combinations, algebra and statistics.

United States Academic Pentathlon Curriculum Content and Common Core Standards

*All test questions will be derived from the USAP curriculum.