Note: ISU President Martin Jischke is scheduled as moderator and Ames Lab Director Tom Barton as judge for the championship match at 4 p.m. in the Gold Room of the Memorial Union.
For release: Jan. 19, 1999
Contacts:
Susan Dieterle, (515)
294-1405
Steve Karsjen, (515) 294-5643
AMES, Iowa -- Valley High School of West Des Moines will take the first step in defending its national title when it competes Jan. 30 in the regional Science Bowl sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University.
The ninth annual Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl begins at 8:30 a.m. in the ISU Memorial Union. The 40 participating 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 Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl is one of 53 regional Department of Energy competitions throughout the nation. Regional champions advance to DOE's National Science Bowl April 30- May 3 in Chevy Chase, Md.
Valley High School won the 1998 National Science Bowl after winning last year's Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl. The team received an all-expenses-paid trip to Lindau, Germany, where they met with Nobel Prize winners in chemistry. All of the members of last year's national championship team have graduated, so a new group of students will defend Valley's title.
"It felt great to win the National Science Bowl because we had spent so much time practicing and preparing for it," said Drew Volker, a member of Valley's championship team who is now an ISU freshman in pre-chemical engineering. "It was nice to see our efforts pay off."
Volker has volunteered to serve as a timekeeper for this year's regional competition along with 70 other Ames Laboratory and ISU employees who will act as moderators, judges, scorekeepers and timekeepers.
Steve Karsjen, coordinator of the Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl, said the competition draws some of the brightest students from all corners of the state. "This is an excellent way to reward students who work hard on developing their math and science skills," Karsjen said.
This year's National Science Bowl winners will participate in the 30th International Science School for high school students July 5-16 at the University of Sydney in Australia.
Nationwide, more than 9,000 students from 1,800 schools will participate in Science Bowl competitions this year.
Schools participating in the 1999 Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl are (in
alphabetical order):
1.Abraham Lincoln High School, Council Bluffs
2.Ames High School, Ames
3.Ankeny High School, Ankeny
4.Bellevue Community High School, Bellevue
5.BGM High School, Brooklyn
6.Bishop Heelan High School, Sioux City
7.Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls
8.Central Campus High School, Des Moines
9.Clarion-Goldfield High School, Clarion
10.Clay Central/Everly High School, Everly
11.Clinton High School, Clinton
12.Dallas Center Grimes High School, Dallas Center
13.Davis County High School, Bloomfield
14.East High School, Des Moines
15.East Greene High School, Grand Junction
16.Fort Dodge High School, Fort Dodge
17.Humboldt High School, Humboldt
18.Iowa City West High School, Iowa City
19.Lincoln High School, Des Moines
20.Kennedy High School, Cedar Rapids
21.Manson NW Webster High School, Manson
22.Mt. Ayr High School, Mt. Ayr
23.Mt. Pleasant High School, Mt. Pleasant
24.Newton High School, Newton
25.North Scott High School, Eldridge
26.Northwood-Kensett High School, Northwood
27.Ogden High School, Ogden
28.Pella Community High School, Pella
29.Pleasant Valley High School, Pleasant Valley
30.Regina High School, Iowa City
31.Riceville High School, Riceville
32.Saydel Community High School, Des Moines
33.Sioux City East High School, Sioux City
34.South O'Brien High School, Paullina
35.Southern Cal High School, Lake City
36.Stoughton High School, Stoughton, Wisc.
37.Valley High School, West Des Moines
38.Washington High School, Washington
39.Waverly-Shell Rock High School, Waverly
40.Western Christian School, Hull
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
8:30-11:30 a.m. -- Round-robin competition, various rooms
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. -- Lunch break
1-4 p.m. -- Double-elimination competition for the top 16 teams from the morning rounds,
various rooms
4-5 p.m. -- Championship match and awards ceremony, Gold Room
Last revision: 1/27/99 sd