Trinity Junior High students win state science bowl
by January 24, 2012 1:13 pm 93 views
Trinity Junior High School of Fort Smith won the Arkansas Middle School Science Bowl on Saturday (Jan. 21).
Trinity Junior High School students competed against 16 other teams from across the state in one of the nation’s first regional competitions of the 22nd Annual U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl.
Students from Trinity Junior High School will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the National Finals in Washington, D.C., which are scheduled for April 26-30, 2012. The regional tournaments, which host 15-50 teams, are sponsored by federal agencies, national laboratories, institutions of education, and non-profit organizations. More information about these events is available on the National Science Bowl website.
The National Science Bowl brings together thousands of middle and high school students from across the country are competing on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth science, physics and astronomy, as well as math.
Over the next several months, more than 9,000 high school students and 4,500 middle school students will compete in 69 high school and 45 middle school regional Science Bowl tournaments.
Students, in teams of four or five, compete in a fast-paced Jeopardy-style format where they solve technical problems and answer questions in all branches of science and math. Most teams are coached by teachers from the students’ schools and spend several months preparing for the regional competitions. Many states have one regional or statewide Science Bowl competition, while larger states, such as California and Texas, hold several regional competitions across their states.
The Department of Energy (DOE) created the National Science Bowl in 1991 to encourage students to excel in mathematics and science and to pursue careers in these fields. More than 200,000 students have participated in the National Science Bowl throughout its 21 year history, and it is the nation’s largest science competition. DOE’s Office of Science manages the competition.