National
Science Bowl Coming to Berkeley Lab
Berkeley
Lab will be hosting and co-sponsoring with U.S. Department
of Energy/Berkeley Site Office and Sandia National Laboratories/California
a Regional Science Bowl for 17 local high school teams
on Saturday, Feb. 28. Five high school students from
each team will compete for a trip to the Department's
National Science Bowl Tournament in Washington, D.C.,
April 29 - May 3.
"The
U.S. Department of Energy developed the Science Bowl
to encourage high school students from across the nation
to excel in math and science and to pursue careers in
those fields," said National Nuclear Security Administration
Livermore Site Office Manager, Camille Yuan-Soo Hoo."These
competitions provide a forum for students and teachers
to receive national recognition for their talent and
hard work in science and math."
The
Regional Science Bowl competition will test students'
knowledge of astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics,
physics, earth, computer, and general science. The first
place winner of the Feb. 28 tournament will join approximately
65 other high school teams from across the country to
compete for the title of 2004 DOE National Science Bowl
Champions.
Saturday's
Agenda:
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7:30 a.m.
— Registration (Bldg. 54)
9 a.m.
— Opening Remarks (Bldg. 50 Auditorium)
9:15 a.m.
— Competition (Various Locations)
Noon —
Break for Lunch
1 p.m.
— Competition (Various Locations)
3 p.m.
— Final Competition (Bldg. 50 Auditorium)
3:30 to
4 p.m. — Awards (Bldg. 50 Auditorium)
The buildings
being used for the day are 54, 70, 70A, and 50.
Participating
high schools:
· St.
Vincent High School, Petaluma
· Mills
High School, Millbrae
· St.
Francis High School, Mountain View
· Pescadero
High School, Pescadero
· Lowell
High School, San Francisco
· Hillsdale
High School, San Mateo
· Irvington
High School, Fremont
· Kennedy
High School, Fremont
· Acalanes
High School, Lafayette
· Bentley
School, Lafayette
· San
Leandro High School, San Leandro
· Albany
High School, Albany
· Terra
Linda High School, San Rafael
· Homestead
High School, Cupertino
· The
Harker School, San Jose
· Abraham
Lincoln High School, San Jose
· Half
Moon Bay High School, Half Moon Bay
The
teams compete in a "Jeopordy"-style question-and-answer
format. The top teams emerging from a round-robin tournament
in the morning will then compete in the afternoon's
double-elimination tournament to determine the winner.
Berkeley Lab has hosted this competition in the past,
and Rollie Otto, the Lab's Head for the Center for Science
and Engineering Education (CSEE), said he is thrilled
to have the Science Bowl back on the Hill. "The
competition is keen, and the students will have trained
and will be primed, just as in an athletic competition.
It is very inspiring to see these top science and math
students in action."
For
more information, call Joe Crippen at x5816 or Doug
Owen x7682. |
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