WHAT The Consortium
for Ocean Leadership
which represents 66 oceanographic institutions universities
and aquaria, manages a national competition for high
schools on topics related to the study of the oceans
-- the National
Ocean Sciences Bowl. The NOSB was first conducted
in the winter and spring of 1998 in honor of the
International Year of the Ocean. The NOSB Resource
Guide is available online to help students and
teachers prepare for the competition. It includes
a list of books and web sites that cover the material
competition questions will be based on. Click
here to go to the guide.
Read
about the NOSB
competition and
its impact on schools in an article written for
Sea Technology.
WHY This
competition is intended to increase knowledge of the
oceans on the part of high school students, their teachers
and parents, as well as to raise the visibility and
public understanding of the national investment in
ocean-related research. Specific objectives of the
National Ocean Sciences Bowl are to:
- Broaden
students' and teachers' awareness of the latest scientific
research on the oceans and the critical impact of
the oceans on global climate and weather, economic
well-being, history and culture;
- Help
teachers use the oceans as an interdisciplinary vehicle
for teaching biology, chemistry, geology, physics,
and mathematics by giving them access to marine science
education and scientific professionals;
- Give
oceanographic research programs the opportunity to
develop new links with their local pre-college community
and open student's eyes to ocean-related career options;
and
- Reach
out to new students and communities to boost participation
by populations under-represented in the ocean sciences.
WHEN/WHERE The
Hawaii Regional Competition of the NOSB will be held
in February of each year at the University of Hawaii
at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.
WHO High
school teams of five students will compete in 18 minute
long rapid-fire question and answer matches during
the day-long round-robin, double elimination competition.
Teams consist of 5 high school students: 4 team members
plus an alternate. The alternate is optional, but recommended.
The coach is usually, but certainly not restricted
to, a science or math teacher. A parent may be a coach
as well. Home- schooled students are welcome to participate.
HOW
DO WE ENTER? Please contact Tara Hicks Johnson
if you are interested in participating in our Aloha
Bowl.
Tara Hicks Johnson
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1680 East-West Road, Room 802
Honolulu, HI 96815
TEL: 808-956-3151 or FAX: 808-956-9152
email: hickst@hawaii.edu
HOSTS/COORDINATORS
Hawaii
Regional Hosts
SOEST
- School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology
University
of Hawai Sea Grant Program
National
Hosts / Coordinators
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
National
Sponsors
NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Office
of Naval Research
Oceanographer
of the Navy
National
Science Foundation
NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WHAT
DO WE WIN? The
Hawaii Regional Competition will award trophies,
medals, and other prizes to top-finishers. The
overall winning team of the competition wins a
paid trip to compete
in the National Ocean Science Bowl finals. The
grand prize for the winning team of the finals
competition has not yet been determined, but last
year's grand prize included a paid trip to Hawaii
during the summer (I know, not the best for us
Hawaii folks, but we can trade with the second
place team trip!). Other prizes of the NOSB finals
are expected to include cruises on oceanographic
research vessels, visits to oceanographic research
laboratories, computer hardware/software for the
winning team's school, scientific equipment and
laboratory supplies, scholarships, t-shirts, trophies,
and medals.
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