North Carolina Science Olympiad

Coaches Institute

North Carolina Science Olympiad

Coaches InstituteAshley Frazier and Heather

DinonState Climate Office of North

Carolina

Ashley Frazier and Heather Dinon

State Climate Office of North Carolina

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Participants will demonstrate a multi-disciplinary understanding of the earth and planetary systems that influence the Earth’s climate

Emphasis will be placed on understanding how these systems are impacting climate change, past and present, on our planet

Participants will demonstrate a multi-disciplinary understanding of the earth and planetary systems that influence the Earth’s climate

Emphasis will be placed on understanding how these systems are impacting climate change, past and present, on our planet

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Teams will be composed of no more than 2 participants

Each team may bring one 8.5” x 11” two-sided sheet of paper with any information from any source

Each participant may bring a non-graphing calculator, but no other resources

Teams will be composed of no more than 2 participants

Each team may bring one 8.5” x 11” two-sided sheet of paper with any information from any source

Each participant may bring a non-graphing calculator, but no other resources

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Topics may include, but are not limited to: Composition and evolution of Earth’s atmosphere

Weather versus climate Solar radiation and Earth’s energy balance Climatic zones, with emphasis on how the Koppen classification can be used to understand climate change

Topics may include, but are not limited to: Composition and evolution of Earth’s atmosphere

Weather versus climate Solar radiation and Earth’s energy balance Climatic zones, with emphasis on how the Koppen classification can be used to understand climate change

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Meteorology Event: Climate and Climate Change

Topics continued: Natural climatic variability, with emphasis on how it might affect climate change

Oceanic and atmospheric circulations, and their impact on climate and climate change

Earth’s celestial cycles Paleoclimate of Earth’s geologic history Human impact on climate change

Topics continued: Natural climatic variability, with emphasis on how it might affect climate change

Oceanic and atmospheric circulations, and their impact on climate and climate change

Earth’s celestial cycles Paleoclimate of Earth’s geologic history Human impact on climate change

ResourcesResources

Science Olympiad Earth Science Resource CD

Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment by C. Donald Ahrens

Meteorology: The Atmosphere and the Science of Weather by Joseph M. Moran and Michael D. Morgan

Science Olympiad Earth Science Resource CD

Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment by C. Donald Ahrens

Meteorology: The Atmosphere and the Science of Weather by Joseph M. Moran and Michael D. Morgan

ResourcesResources

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/ http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml

http://www.comet.ucar.edu/ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/higher/climate_change.html

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/models/carbon_cycle/

http://www.project2061.org/publications/guides/climate.pdf

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/ http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml

http://www.comet.ucar.edu/ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/higher/climate_change.html

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/models/carbon_cycle/

http://www.project2061.org/publications/guides/climate.pdf

What can each team expect at the tournament?

What can each team expect at the tournament?

12 stations, with 13 “mock” stations Each station will contain a copy of a test with various climate questions, broken down by topic

While at “mock” stations, teams will have the opportunity to work on tie-breaker questions

Teams will have approximately 2 minutes at each station before rotating to another

12 stations, with 13 “mock” stations Each station will contain a copy of a test with various climate questions, broken down by topic

While at “mock” stations, teams will have the opportunity to work on tie-breaker questions

Teams will have approximately 2 minutes at each station before rotating to another

But enough talking…

…let’s do it!

But enough talking…

…let’s do it!