2017 DYNAMIC PLANET

EVENT TRAINING STRATEGIES

2016 SCIENCE OLYMPIAD SUMMER INSTITUTE
PHOENIX, AZ
BELL WORK ACTIVITY
Remove the top layer from one of the Oreo cookies. Ideally, this will leave the
white creamy center of the cookie over a dark bottom layer.
BELL WORK ACTIVITY
Place the bottom layer covered with the white center on the left side of the
paper plate or blank sheet of paper.

Yes you can eat the biscuit without the creamy white filling

At the top of the plate or paper, write a

title such as Earth Structure or Layers
of the Earth. You can also originate
your own title if you wish.
BELL WORK ACTIVITY
Place a dollop of chocolate syrup in the center of the exposed creamy white
center of the cookie.
BELL WORK ACTIVITY
Place the M&M in the center of the chocolate syrup dollop.
BELL WORK ACTIVITY
Label the four Earth structures represented by the cookie including inner core
(M&M), outer core (chocolate syrup), mantle (white creamy center) and crust
(dark outer layer of cookie).

Inner Core

Outer Core

Mantle

Crust
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET
TITLE AND DISCLAIMER
PRESENTED BY:
Mark A. Van Hecke
East China, Michigan
Instructional Design Consultant
Dynamic Planet Division B
National Event Supervisor 2012-2016

mvanhecke@comcast.net
www.vanheckescience.com
DISCLAIMER

This presentation was prepared using draft rules. There may be some
changes in the final copy of the rules. The rules which will be in your 2017
Coaches Manual and Student Manuals will be the official rules
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET
EVENT OVERVIEW
2017 EVENT OVERVIEW
The 2017 Dynamic Planet Event will focus upon large scale processes affecting
the structure of Earths Crust
2017 EVENT OVERVIEW
The rotation of Dynamic Planet events will change from bi-annual to annual
beginning in 2017. Future rotations include:

Glaciers 2018

Earths Fresh Waters 2019

Oceanography 2020

The Earth/Space Science Event Committee has also discussed the possibility
of other themes that may be added to the Dynamic Planet rotation including
Deserts, The Atmosphere, Soil Chemistry and Extra-Terrestrial Planets
2017 EVENT OVERVIEW
Areas of emphasis for 2017 will include:
Theory of tectonic plate movement
Identification of Earth layers
Types of plates, boundaries and margins
Types of tectonic basins
Driving forces of plate tectonics
Plate movements
Aulacogens and hot spots
Isostatic adjustments
Magmatization
Geologic history of North America
Interpretation of geophysical data
Economic geology and engineering practices
YOU WILL NEED TO:
Switch your event content from Oceanography to Plate Tectonics and
associated topics including volcanoes, Earthquakes, tsunamis, and
geologic history

Realize that the focus of the 2017 Dynamic Planet Event is

much more than volcanoes and Earthquakes
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET
TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
Though Alfred Wegener was the first to suggest the theory of continental drift and
plate tectonics in 1915, it wasnt widely accepted until the 1960s and 1970s.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
New information obtained about the nature of the ocean floor, Earths magnetism, the
distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes, the flow of heat from Earths interior, and
the worldwide distribution of plant and animal fossils led to a greater acceptance of
Wegener's theory.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earths lithosphere is broken up into 15
tectonic plates.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
Seven large plates include:

African
North American

South American

Eurasian

Australian

Antarctic

Pacific
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
Several minor plates also exist. They include:

Arabian

Nazca

Philippine
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
The remaining plates include:

Indian

Cocos

Caribbean

Scotia

Juan DeFuca
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
These plates are all moving in different directions and at different speeds from 2 cm to
10 cm per year in relationship to each other atop the hot plastic upper mantle, known
as the asthenosphere.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
These plates are in motion as a result of convection in the asthenosphere created by
the compression of molten nickel and iron in Earths core.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
Plates may converge (collide) at their boundaries
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
Plates may slide past one another in Transform boundaries
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
So what seems to be happening is that radiative forces within Earths core are
causing crustal plates to move into, away, above and below one another.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
This causes the Earth to shift and in doing so create distorted features on and
beneath its surface
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Carefully remove the top biscuit of an Oreo cookie
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Once removed, break the biscuit (the one without the creamy center) in half.
Try to make the two halves equal in size.
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Set the halves on top of the remaining biscuit (the one with the white creamy
center).
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Place the model onto the Four-Square Worksheet on the square labeled
Divergent Boundaries

Come up with a nickname that is

descriptive for divergent boundaries in DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
three words or less.

Write a short description of

divergent plate boundaries under
the model. TRANSFORM HOT SPOTS
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Divergent boundary- Sea Floor Spreading
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Carefully remove the top biscuit of an Oreo cookie
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Once removed, break the biscuit (the one without the creamy center) in half.
Try to make the two halves equal in size.
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Set one half of the broken biscuit on top of the remaining biscuit (the one
with the white creamy center).
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Now overlay the other half of the broken biscuit slightly over the top of the
first half.
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Place the model onto the Four-Square Worksheet on the square labeled
Convergent Boundaries

Come up with a nickname that is

descriptive for convergent DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
boundaries in three words or less.

Write a short description of

convergent plate boundaries under
the model. TRANSFORM HOT SPOTS
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Convergent boundary- Subduction
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Transform Plate Boundaries
Carefully remove the top biscuit of an Oreo cookie
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Once removed, break the biscuit (the one without the creamy center) in half.
Try to make the two halves equal in size.
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Now set the other half of the broken biscuit next to the first half, but slightly
above the first half.
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Place the model onto the Four-Square Worksheet on the square labeled
Transform Boundaries
Come up with a nickname that is
descriptive for transform boundaries in
DIVERGENT CONVERGENT
three words or less.
Write a short description of transform
plate boundaries under the model.

TRANSFORM HOT SPOTS

CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Transform boundary
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Hot Spots
Carefully remove the top biscuit of an Oreo cookie
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Once removed, break the biscuit (the one without the creamy center) in half.
Try to make the two halves equal in size.
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Set both halves of the broken biscuit on top of the remaining biscuit (the one
with the creamy white center). Move both halves somewhat away from the
center exposing the white filling
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Push down slightly on the halves of the broken biscuit and move them
towards one another gently. This will push some of the white filling upwards.
CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Place the model onto the Four-Square Worksheet on the square labeled Hot
Spots
Come up with a nickname that is
descriptive for Hot Spots in three
words or less. DIVERGENT CONVERGENT

Write a short description of hot

spots under the model.

TRANSFORM HOT SPOTS

CREATING MODELS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
Geologic Hot Spots
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET
VERIFICATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY
Observe each of the images that follows and identify evidence supporting- or
refuting Wegeners Theory of Continental drift
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
The 2017 theme for the Dynamic Planet Event will be
Plate Tectonics
Dynamic Planet themes will begin rotating annually
instead of bi-annually

Students should become conversant in plate tectonics

including the location of plates, direction of movement,
forces that generate movement and direction of
movement

Study volcanoes and earthquakes as phenomenon

resulting from tectonic plate movement
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET
2017 DYNAMIC PLANET EVENT RESOURCES
RESOURCES
2017 Dynamic Planet Online Resource Library

2017 Dynamic Planet CD

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