Monday, April 26, 2010

National Ocean Sciences Bowl

Marshfield (Wisconsin) High School just won this competition in St. Petersburg, Florida for the second year in a row!

Read about the team.

About the Ocean Sciences Bowl:

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, representing leading oceanographic institutions universities and aquaria, manages a national academic competition for high schools on topics related to the study of the oceans -- the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®). The NOSB is a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed high school academic competition that provides a forum for talented students to test their knowledge of the marine sciences including biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. The NOSB was created in 1998 in honor of the International Year of the Ocean and since its inception, the competition has grown to include 25 regional competition locations with 300 schools and over 2,000 students participating annually.

Kudos to the five member team: Seth Berger, Michael Josephson, Priya Pathak, Alex Jensen, and Elisa Prebble.