Marshfield High School Wins Wisconsin Regional Science Bowl
| Published: 02/04/2008 |
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Marshfield High School (Wis.) won the Wisconsin regional championship in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Science Bowl® for high school students held at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) Saturday, Jan. 26.
They advance to Washington, D.C., to compete against more than 100 other regional winners in the National Finals of DOE's National Science Bowl May 1-6. In 2007, 64 teams received an all-expense paid trip to compete for the national title. In addition to the academic competition, students were given the opportunity to build and race a model fuel cell car and attend presentations by well-known scientists on current topics in math and the sciences.
Libertyville High School of Libertyville, Ill., finished second and Whitefish Bay High School of Whitefish Bay, Wis., finished third.
Regional Winner: Marshfield High School
Team members: Adam Denny, Seth Berger, Sam Balinghasay, Priya Pathak, Elisa Prebble, coach Paul Herder.
Second place: Libertyville High School
Team members: Frank Yan, Yuli Zhu, Hani Awni, Margaret McCall, coach Pete Dawson (not pictured: Sharon Lo)
Third place: Whitefish Bay High School
Team members: Eric Felland, Ian Guinn, Martin Steren, Mike Mahony, Jon Slavik, coach Guy Guglielmi.
Twenty teams from 17 high schools, made up of science and math students from Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, competed. The students were quizzed on all science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth science, physics and astronomy, as well as math. Most questions are so challenging many scientists would have trouble finding an answer.
Many of these teams spent months preparing for the National Science Bowl's regional competition, which features head-to-head competition in a fast-paced question and answer format similar to Jeopardy. Next year, the competition will be held at MSOE on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009.
MSOE is an independent university with about 2,500 students. MSOE offers 17 bachelor's degrees and 10 master's degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, architectural engineering and building construction, computer, business and health-related fields.
About DOE's National Science Bowl®
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched its National Science Bowl® competition in 1991. This year, more than 17,000 students are competing in 104 regional events, held in 41 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. DOE's National Science Bowl is the only educational event and academic competition of its kind that is sponsored by a federal agency.
By participating in National Science Bowl competitions, students are encouraged to excel in science and math and to pursue careers in those fields, which will help develop the workforce that America requires to remain at the forefront of scientific advances, technological innovation and economic competitiveness.
DOE introduced the National Science Bowl's competition for middle school students, which involves more than 5,000 students, in 2002.