NOSB 2001 Competition Results
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Overall Standings
First
Place Overall
(Students were awarded one-year tuition waivers from the
University of Alaska Fairbanks; $250 scholarships; and a free trip to
Miami, Florida, to compete in finals)
Juneau-Douglas
High School,"Team Tsunami"
Wesley Brooks
Cal Craig
Jeff Fanning
Breanne Rohm
Coach: Clay Good
Second
Place Overall
(Students were awarded $100 scholarships)
Dimond
High School, "Team Aurora"
Dustin Anctil
Shani Gilila
Mandy Grover
Jessica Schwartz
Collin White
Coach: Elizabeth Larman
Third
Place Overall
(Students were awarded $100 scholarships)
Seward
High School Team
Stephanie Christian
Jacqui Jacobson
Bonnie Moore
Ben Steward
Adam Wilkie
John Hughes
Coaches: Jason Fantz and Linda Clayton
Research
Project and Oral Presentation
First
Place Overall: Dimond "Aurora" ($100
scholarship each from F/V Spectre)
Second
Place Overall: Juneau "Tsunami"
Third Place
Overall: Juneau "Typhoon"
First Place,
paper: Dimond "Aurora" for The
Pike Plague
Second Place, paper: Seward for An
Analysis of Resurrection Bay
Third Place, paper: Juneau "Typhoon"
for Wastewater Management
for Juneau, Alaska
First Place,
oral: Juneau "Gastineau"
Second Place, oral: Juneau "Tsunami"
Third Place, oral: Juneau "Typhoon"
Knowledge Quiz
First Place:
Juneau "Tsunami"
Second Place: Dimond "Aurora"
Third Place: Seward
Classroom awards
to the coaches of the top 3 overall project winners
First Place:
Elizabeth Larman: $1,000 from Alaska Sea Grant College Program
Second Place: Clay Good: $300 from School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
(SFOS) faculty and staff
Third Place: Clay Good: $200 from SFOS faculty and staff
Sportsmanship
Award
voted on by all project and game officials
Skyview (Soldotna) ($100 scholarship each)
Mayor Bob Satin's Perpetual Trophy
to the team with the most points scored in a single round
Juneau "Tsunami" with 154 points in Round Six
NOSB Ocean Connection Art Show
Best of Show: Melissa Bixby, Skyview High School, Soldotna
Art teacher Sandra Lewis was awarded a digital camera for her classroom from the Alaska Sea Grant College Program
Drawing:
First Place: Ben Clock, Seward
Second Place: Justin Travis, Seward
Third Place: Mark Meeks, Seward
Highly commended: *Stephanie Christian,
Seward
Painting:
First Place: *Stephanie Christian,
Seward
Second Place: Josh Van Fleet, Juneau
Third Place: Rebecca Canaday, Juneau
Highly commended: Jessica Bishop, Seward
Mixed
Media:
First Place: Eric Tollefson,
Juneau
Second Place: Shari Isaak, Soldotna
Third Place: *Erin Hanson, Juneau
Highly commended: Joselyn Perry, Seward
3-D:
First Place: Shannon Hohl,
Seward
Second Place: Whitney Holm, Seward
Third Place: Lisa Steinbrecher, Seward
Highly commended: Erin Gillespie, Seward
* Artists also on a NOSB academic team.
How the NOSB Competition Works
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl consists of a round-robin/double-elimination format for teams of high school students. Teams consist of four students plus one alternate and a coach. The format involves a timed competition (defined as the use of "lock-out"-type buzzer systems and clocks) between two teams, using multiple-choice or short-answer questions within the broad category of the oceans. Questions are drawn from the scientific and technical disciplines used in studying the oceans (physics, chemistry, geology, atmospheric science, biology, etc.) as well as from topics on the contributions of the oceans to national and international economics, history and culture.
Each match consists of a series of these multiple-choice toss-up questions. A team that correctly responds to a toss-up question is given a bonus multiple-choice or short-answer question. The match consists of two 8-minute halves with a 2-minute break. Each match has a maximum of 25 toss-up questions and an equal number of bonus questions.
In Alaska, coordinators have added a second component to the ocean sciences bowl: an ocean science research project, which counts for 50 percent of the total score. Students must develop a research document on a specific ocean-related question or problem. For the NOSB 2001 research project, the students developed a long-term environmental protection plan for a local aquatic and/or marine ecosystem. Each team is required to write an in-depth research paper, and the students must also give an oral presentation on their project. The written and oral presentations each count for half of the 50 percent total.
Although it does not count toward winning points, the Alaska regional competition includes a juried art show in which students are invited to submit artwork in two-dimensional, three-dimensional and mixed media. Artwork must be original and must have an ocean theme.