High School Science Bowl
January 26, 2008
SCIENCE BOWL FACTS
Teams of four students, plus one alternate, from up to 48 schools take part in the one-day competition. The teams are randomly flighted for round-robin competition in the morning and the 16 teams (two from each flight) with the best records from the morning round advance to the afternoon's double-elimination round.
The winning team receives an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Science Bowl® in Washington, D.C. to compete against other regional winners from around the nation.
Basic facts:
- 48 teams consisting of 4 students plus one alternate per team – 240 students plus coaches
- Since inception in 1991, approximately 3,200 students have competed in the high school Science Bowl at Iowa State University
- Since 1991, teams have come from 145 high schools across the state of Iowa
- 90+ volunteers, including distinguished and other professors from
Chemistry, Physics and
Astronomy, Materials Science and Engineering, Entomology, Education and Agronomy - Regional winner goes on to compete in DOE National Science Bowl
High School Science Bowl is not just a Central Iowa event
- 2007 regional winner was Regina High School of Iowa City - students took third place in the National Science Bowl Fuel Cell Car challenge, and collected $1250 for their school's science department
- 2006 regional winner was Regina High School of Iowa City – students went on to win $1,000 for their school's science department by being one of the top 16 teams in the DOE National Science Bowl academic competition
- 2004 "Sweet 16" teams included St. Ansgar, Iowa City Regina, Le Mars, Humboldt, Sioux City East, Waverly-Shell Rock, Chariton, Cedar Rapids Washington and Jefferson, and Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
- 2003 regional winner was Cedar Rapids Washington
- 2002 regional winner was Cedar Falls High School – students
went on to win $1,000 for their
school’s science department by being one of the top 18 teams going into double-elimination
competition in the DOE National Science Bowl - In 1998, Valley High School of West Des Moines also won the DOE National Science Bowl
2008 Results:
Photos, press release, bracket
Past Science Bowls
A Look Back
2008 Cedar Rapids-Marion Home School
2007 Regina High School, Iowa City
2006 Regina High School, Iowa City
2005 Ames High School
2004 Urbandale High School
2003 Washington High School, Cedar Rapids
2002 Cedar Falls High School
2001 Ames High School
2000 Ames High School
1999 Ankeny High School
1998 Valley High School, West Des Moines*
1997 Valley High School, West Des Moines
1996 Ames High School
1995 Ames High School
1994 Ames High School
1993 Ankeny High School
1992 Ankeny High School
1991 Lincoln High School, Des Moines
In 1998, Valley High School went on to win the National Science Bowl
championship and received an all-expenses paid trip to Lindau, Germany,
to meet with Nobel Laureates in chemistry.
