NEWS FROM WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 20, 2009
CONTACT: Lori Wille, (916) 337-0440, LMW95630@aol.com
19TH ANNUAL SCIENCE AND MATH COMPETITION COMING TO FOLSOM
FOLSOM, CA — High school students from Northern California will match wits for the 19th consecutive year at the Sacramento Regional Science Bowl competition Saturday, Feb. 28, at Vista del Lago High School, 1970 Broadstone Parkway in Folsom.
Sponsored by the Western Area Power Administration, Aerojet, the California Independent System Operator, the Northern California Power Agency, Roseville Electric and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, the all-day competition is similar in format to the network-hosted General Electric Company’s College Bowl of the mid 1960s. Thirty teams from 17 high schools will be vying for top honors in the double elimination, round-robin competition as they answer “toss up” and “bonus” questions in the biological and physical sciences, computer science and math.
The winning team will earn an all-expense paid trip to the Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl Competition in Washington, D.C., April 30 through May 5, 2009. Last year’s regional winner was from Mira Loma High School in Sacramento.
DOE first launched the competition in 1991, and Western, a DOE agency, sponsors the regional event. Details on the Sacramento Regional are on Western’s Web site More information can also be found on the National Science Bowl Web site.
The student teams are expected to begin checking in around 8 a.m., and the first round is tentatively scheduled to “kick-off” at 9 a.m.
Western hosts regional Science Bowl competitions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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The morning competition is a round-robin format. The teams with the most points will advance to the afternoon double elimination tournament with the championship round set for about 4 p.m. The awards ceremony will follow immediately. Interviews with competing teams and their coaches will be available throughout the day.
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