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Dynamic Planet Course Intro.mp4
<aside> ☁️ Course content was made from ScioVirtual Dynamic Planet lead faculty, including:
<aside> 👩🏻🌾 Michelle Li, the Dynamic Planet captain for Mason HS Science Olympiad. Michelle is one of the most experienced and highly-rated teachers at ScioVirtual, teaching Dynamic Planet (Oceanography and Hydrology) as well as Earth Science Fundamentals.
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<aside> 👩🏻🔬 Jean Chung, a national Science Olympiad medalist from Ward Melville High School and freshman at Duke University. Jean taught Earth Science Fundamentals and Dynamic Planet (Hydrology).
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<aside> 👩🏻 Jingyu Xiao is an officer at Carmel High School Science Olympiad. Jingyu is a 2x national medalist in Dynamic Planet, and was also a qualifier for the United States Earth Science Olympiad camp. In her free time, Jingyu likes to paint and play with her cats.
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<aside> 🧑🏽 Akshar Cowlagi is a rising junior at Huron High School in Ann Arbor Michigan. Akshar is a two-time United States Earth Science Olympiad qualifier for camp and has competed in dynamic planet for 5 years. Outside of studying Akshar likes to play tennis and watch TikTok.
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<aside> 👨🏽🔬 Akshat Aggarwal, captain of WW-P North Science Olympiad and freshman at Princeton University. Akshat is an invaluable team member, teaching Dynamic Planet and serving as former Partnerships Director at ScioVirtual.
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<aside> 👨🏽💼 Shreyash Singh, a national medalist (including third place in Meteorology) and camper at US Earth Science Olympiad. Shreyash has taught multiple courses in Astronomy and Meteorology and Dynamic Planet at ScioVirtual.
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<aside> 👷🏽♂️ Rohan Das, treasurer of WW-P South Science Olympiad. Rohan has taught Earth Science Fundamentals with Jean and Michelle and Dynamic Planet with Akshat.
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Teaching Manning’s equation in ScioVirtual’s Introductory Dynamic Planet course.
In a nutshell, Dynamic Planet is an event about processes that change the Earth.
The “process” that is focused on changes from year to year; it rotates between glaciers, oceanography, hydrology, and tectonics. The topic for the 2021-22 season was hydrology, and the projected topic for 2022-23 is tectonics.
Dynamic Planet is a pure study event, so your success is determined solely by your ability to master a broad range of information and create a quality resource binder. So, here are my top study links and practice tests for each topic.
Glaciers was last in rotation in the 2018-19 season. Glaciers are large masses of ice and snow that have accumulated over years of snowfall and have flowed at some point in their lifetime.
Here’s an example of my cheatsheet from when Dynamic Planet was still a cheatsheet event. My formatting was a bit questionable then, but I still think it’s a good measure of the content needed for a Division B test.
Keep in mind that Dynamic Planet is about processes and change; the bulk of test questions that weren’t ID-ing types of glaciers and glacial features were about glacial erosion, sediment transport, or changing climate in ice ages.
My favorite test from this season was probably the MIT Invitational, which is a public test set, so feel free to access it using the link above. (Note: Dynamic Planet rules are usually the exact same for Division B and Division C, so even if you’re Division B, you can still use Division C tests to study! I actually recommend these for higher-level competitors, as they’re usually higher quality.)
Oceanography was last in rotation in 2020-21. I divided this event into three large content areas: general ocean information such as properties and structure, features and processes related to the ocean, and ways in which water moves which included waves and tides.
To the right is an Event Resource Sheet created for ScioVirtual’s oceanography class with links organized by these three content areas. These are the same sources used by national-level competitors to study.
A good public set this year was Princeton. I also really liked the Yale oceanography test from the 2019-20 season, but unfortunately this one isn’t public — ask your team captains if they have it.
Dynamic Planet Event Resources
Below, are some resources from ScioVirtual classes. They are a perfect fit if you’re a beginner looking to be introduced to the content in a streamlined and interactive way.
Dynamic Planet Lesson 2 (10_24).pdf
⬆️ Composition of seawater and properties such as temperature and salinity
Dynamic Planet Lesson 3 (10_31).pdf
⬆️ Three layer structure of the ocean and the five zones of the ocean
Dynamic Planet Lesson 5 (11_14).pdf
⬆️ Tectonics, estuaries, coastal processes, and topographic features
Dynamic Planet Lesson 6 (11_21).pdf
⬆️ More tectonics plus coral reef formation, ecology, and threats due to climate change