12th Annual Big Sky Regional Science Bowl
Competition
Billings, Mont
– This Saturday marks the 12th Annual Big Sky Regional
Science Bowl
Competition. High school students from
across Montana and Northern
Wyoming square off January 31 at the Billings Hotel and
Convention
Center in pursuit of academic superiority.
Twenty-eight
teams from nineteen schools will participate in the double elimination
contest
answering questions about astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer
science,
earth science, mathematics, and physics.
After a full day of heated competition the winning team will be
awarded
an all-expense paid trip to Washington
D.C.
April 29 though May 3 to represent the Big Sky Region in the U.S.
Department of
Energy’s National Science Bowl.
Ensuring
the event runs smoothly is a team of nearly eighty volunteers from Billings
and the surrounding communities. They
will serve as moderators, scientific judges, rules judges, timekeepers,
scorekeepers, and other miscellaneous positions throughout the entire
day.
Major sponsors for
this year’s
event include Western Area Power Administration, PPL Montana, Maxim
Technologies, HKM Engineering, CRM Inc., Van’s Evergreen IGA, Upper
Missouri
G&T Electric, Yellowstone Valley Electric Co-Op, HDR-SSR Engineers,
Rocky Mountain
College,
and Office Max.
Competition begins at 8 a.m.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Dirk Shulund at
(406)
247-7402 or e-mail shulund@wapa.gov.
MEIDA ADVISORY:
Double elimination tournament play goes on all day
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.