Dynamic Planet B/C

[zyzzyva980]

I've made several Compute This tests before, you'd think they'd be relatively simple to make- they're not. Each has taken at least a couple of hours. DyPlan would, I think, be harder to make. These tests can be pretty hard to make, and none of them are perfect. Cut the supervisors some slack.

[lllazar]

Sigh, im telling you if you saw the tests at our regionals you'd take back all you've said. Yes, i understand making good tests is difficult, but these were not good tests.

On a side note, are there any formulas for Freshwater we should know?

[quizbowl]

discharge

[EpicFailOlympian]

discharge

Discharge(Cubic meters/second)=channel width(meters)x channel depth(meters) x velocity(meters/second)

[quizbowl]

probably also stream gradient. but thats not really a formula.

[robotman]

There is one
It's
H1-H2/distance

[Flavorflav]

Sigh, im telling you if you saw the tests at our regionals you'd take back all you've said. Yes, i understand making good tests is difficult, but these were not good tests.

On a side note, are there any formulas for Freshwater we should know?

Not to belabor the point, but I don't think anybody was saying that your regional tests were good - I mean, how would we know? It's just that I don't think most people have any idea how long it takes to make a good test. The events I write usually end up taking me about 20 hours. I always think I'm going to get them done more quickly, but everything takes longer than you think.

[HannahD413]

Yeah, four sheets is a lot. It takes away from a lot of the learning involved with Science Olympiad.

[prplman]

Yeah, four sheets is a lot. It takes away from a lot of the learning involved with Science Olympiad.

Yeah. I mean honestly, we can just copy our notes, shrink them to 8pt. font, and we have our resource sheets.

[quizbowl]

Then again, maybe that effect was wanted, for now this gives much more for a test to ask.