A team of students from area high schools is participating in an upcoming competition to determine the team to represent Tennessee in the high school National Finals of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s National Science Bowl® (NSB) (science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb/). 2017 marks the 27th NSB, which the DOE Office of Science launched to interest today’s youth in pursuing careers in science and math.
Area participating schools include: Anderson County High School, Bearden High School, Blount Home Education Association - STEM, Cedar Springs Homeschool, Central High School, Farragut High School, Hardin Valley Academy, Harriman High School, Heritage High School, Jefferson County High School, Karns High School, Knoxville Catholic High School, L N Stem Academy, Oak Ridge High School, Oliver Springs High School, Oneida High School, Powell High School, Roane County High School, Rockwood High School, Seymour High School, and Webb School of Knoxville.
The winner of the regional competition will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete in the Office of Science’s National Science Bowl from April 27 to May 1 and the winner of the national competition will win prizes for the team members and their schools.
Middle school and high school students begin competing next month in the 2017 National Science Bowl ®, sponsored by the Department of Energy and managed by DOE’s Office of Science, leading up to the national championship in May 2017.
The competitions started this month, with four students from each team facing off in a fast-paced, question-and-answer format. (More information about the date and location of specific regionals can be found through the NSB Homepage). The winning team from each of the 48 middle- and 68 high-school regions will compete in the National Finals, held in Washington, D.C. from April 27 to May 1, 2017. At the Finals, winning teams can score exciting adventure trips to Alaska and national parks across the country to learn first-hand about science in the field; as well as trophies, medals, and supplies for their schools' science departments. But to many, the ultimate prize simply would be the prestige of winning the National Championship.
Today, the NSB draws more than 14,000 middle- and high-school competitors. Approximately 265,000 students have faced off in the NSB Finals since the first competition in 1991. The knowledge that former NSB competitors have acquired – and more importantly, the habits of study that they've learned along the way — have led them to success in variety of fields. Many have become researchers; others are science and math professors at some of our some of our nation's most prestigious universities.
While those career paths might seem intuitive, the math and science knowledge students need to be successful in the NSB also can lead to successful careers in other fields. The 2017 NSB competitors will follow in the footsteps of previous National Science Bowl® contestants, and will blaze a trail for students in science, math and engineering for the next quarter-century.
The National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students' knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams from diverse backgrounds are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth and space science, physics, energy, and math. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science manages the National Science Bowl®, and sponsors the NSB finals competition.
DOE's Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit science.energy.gov.
One or more teams from the following schools are competing in the regional competition:
Anderson County High School
Clinton
Bartlett High School
Bartlett
Bearden High School
Knoxville
Blount Home Education Association - STEM
Maryville
Blackman High School
Murfreesboro
Bolton High School
Arlington
Brentwood High School
Brentwood
Campbell County Comprehensive High School
Jacksboro
Cascade High School
Wartrace
Cedar Springs Homeschool
Knoxville
Central High School
Knoxville
Cherokee High School
Rogersville
Community High School
Unionville
Cookeville High School
Cookeville
Daniel Boone High School
Gray
Dobyns - Bennett High
Kingsport
Elizabethton High School
Elizabethton
Ensworth High School
Nashville
Fairview High School
Fairview
Farragut High School
Knoxville
Hardin Valley Academy
Knoxville
Harriman High School
Harriman
Heritage High School
Maryville
Hickman County Senior High School
Centerville
Houston County High School
Erin
Houston High School
Germantown
Hume - Fogg High Academic Magnet
Nashville
Jefferson County High School
Dandridge
Karns High School
Knoxville
Knoxville Catholic High School
Knoxville
L N Stem Academy
Knoxville
Lausanne Collegiate School
Memphis
Lenoir City High School
Lenoir City
McCallie School
Chattanooga
Memphis Academy of Science Engineering Middle/High School
Memphis
Munford High School
Munford
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge
Oliver Springs High School
Oliver Springs
Oneida High School
Oneida
Powell High School
Powell
Raleigh Egypt High School
Memphis
Ravenwood High School
Brentwood
Roane County High School
Kingston
Rockwood High School
Rockwood
Science Hill High School
Johnson City
Seymour High School
Seymour
Siegel High School
Murfreesboro
Signal Mountain Middle - High School
Signal Mountain
Stone Memorial High School
Crossville
Stratford Stem Magnet High School
Nashville
Sullivan South High School
Kingsport
Summit High School
Spring Hill
Tennessee High School
Bristol
Trinity Christian Academy
Jackson
Unaka High School
Elizabethton
University School of Nashville
Nashville
Webb School of Knoxville
Knoxville
Westview High School
Martin
White County High School
Sparta
White Station High School
Memphis
Regional competition will be held on Saturday, February 18 at Pellissippi State Community College Blount County Campus, 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Friendsville, Tennessee 37737.