Competition Rules: Weather or Not

WEATHER OR NOT

Description:

Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area

of meteorology and geology in test format.

Number of Participation: 2

The Competition:

1) Topics of weather and geology in 4th/5th grade textbooks will be covered in addition to

the following advanced topics:

 Natural Phenomena and Disasters (ex- Tornados, Blizzards, etc.)

 Weather Patterns (ex- El Nino)

 Instruments used in Meteorology

 Rock Cycle

 Water Cycle

Scoring:

1) Questions will be assigned point values dependent on question difficulty. Students will

be ranked from highest to lowest score. Ties will be broken with predetermined tiebreaker

questions.