For release: Jan. 18, 2000
Contacts:
Steve Karsjen, Science Bowl coordinator, (515) 294-5643
Students Flock to Ames Lab/ISU Regional Science BowlTeams
representing 48 Iowa high schools will compete in daylong event on ISU campus
AMES, Iowa – Forty-eight teams of students from high schools across Iowa will
participate in the 2001 Science Bowl, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University on Sat., Jan. 27.
The Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl begins at 8 a.m. in the Memorial Union on the Iowa State campus. The 48 participating Iowa high schools will each send a team of up to five students to the fast-paced, daylong competition to answer questions from a broad range of science and math topics.
The event is one of more than 60 regional DOE competitions throughout the nation. Regional champions will advance to DOE’s National Science Bowl on May 4-7 in Washington, D.C.
"Student interest in the competition remains strong," said Steve Karsjen, coordinator of the Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl. "As in years past, we have once again had to put teams on a waiting list."
The competing students answer questions from categories such as astronomy, biology, physics, chemistry, computer science, earth science, general science and current events in the scientific and technical community. The 16 teams that fare the best in the morning rounds advance to the double-elimination competition in the afternoon.
Approximately 90 faculty, staff and students from Ames Laboratory and ISU serve as moderators, judges, timekeepers and scorekeepers during the event.
"Science Bowl is our most widely supported outreach activity at the Ames Lab," said Karsjen. "Our volunteers continue to be amazed at the knowledge of the competing students."
Since the inception of the DOE Science Bowl in 1991, more than 60,000 students have participated in the regional and national competitions.
Ames Laboratory is operated for the Department of Energy by Iowa State University. The Lab conducts research into various areas of national concern, including energy resources, high-speed computer design, environmental cleanup and restoration, and the synthesis and study of new materials.
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Schools participating in the 2001 Science Bowl:
| Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs |
Clear Creek Amana, Tiffin |
Humboldt | Pella |
| Ames | Clear Lake | Iowa City West | Regina, Iowa City |
| Ankeny | Clinton | Kennedy Cedar Rapids |
Saydel, Des Moines |
| Bellevue | Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne, Corwith | Keumper, Carroll | Sioux City East |
| Bishop Heelan, Sioux City |
Davenport Assumption | LeMars | South O’Brien, Paullina |
| Boone | Davenport West | Manson NW Webster, Manson | Tri-Center, Neola |
| Burlington | Davis County, Bloomfield |
Marshalltown | Urbandale |
| Cedar Falls | Dowling, West Des Moines | Mediapolis | Wahlert , Dubuque |
| Central Academy Des Moines |
East Union Afton |
Newton | Washington Cedar Rapids |
| Chariton | Fort Dodge | North Scott, Eldridge | Washington |
| Clarion-Goldfield, Clarion |
Gilbert | Northwood-Kensett, Northwood | Waverly-Shell Rock, Waverly |
| Clay Central/Everly, Everly |
Hempstead, Dubuque | Ogden | Winterset |
Schedule of events for the Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl (all events take place in the Memorial Union):
8 a.m. – Registration (Great Hall)
8:15 a.m. – Welcoming remarks from Ames Laboratory Director Tom Barton (Great Hall)
8:30 a.m.-noon – Round-robin competition (various rooms)
Noon-1 p.m. – Lunch break
1-4:30 p.m. – Double-elimination competition of the top 16 teams (various rooms)
4:30-5:30 p.m. – Championship match and awards ceremony (Sun Room)
Last updated: 2/05/2001
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