Dynamic Planet

Division: B – Middle School

NC Essential Standards Alignment: 8.E.1

Event Rules: See National Rules Manual

National Event Page: Here

Description:

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the processes involving the cryosphere of the Earth, with an emphasis on glaciers.   

Materials:

Each team may bring a binder of any size containing information in any form and from any source.  Sheet protectors, lamination and tabs/labels are permitted.  No material may be removed from the binder when rotating through stations.  Each team may bring two stand alone non programmable non graphing calculators.  

Scoring:

High score wins. Predetermined questions will be used as tiebreakers.

FAQs:

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