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Media Advisory

Number: 03-07
Released: January 27, 2003
Contact: Diane Greenberg, 631 344-2347 or Mona S. Rowe, 631 344-5056

Science Bowl at Brookhaven Lab, Feb. 1

EVENT: One hundred students representing 20 high schools from Long Island, New York City and upstate New York will participate in a regional Science Bowl competition, a fast-paced question-and-answer tournament designed to test their knowledge in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, astronomy, earth science and general science. Media representatives are invited to attend.

WHEN: Saturday, February 1, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Berkner Hall, Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Lab is located on William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.

DETAILS: The Regional Science Bowl at Brookhaven Lab, along with 65 others around the country, is part of the National Science Bowl® competition coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Since its inception in 1991, more than 80,000 high school students have participated in this “Jeopardy”-style contest, and about 13,000 students are expected to join the competition this year. The National Science Bowl® encourages students to excel in science and math and to pursue careers in those fields.

Similar to a sporting event, the competition is set up in a round-robin format followed by a double-elimination final tournament. Three teams, with four students plus one alternate in each team, will emerge as winners by answering the most questions correctly. All the winning teams will receive a trophy, and each winning member will receive a medal. The first-place winner will receive $500, second-place, $300; and third-place, $200. The first-place team will get a chance to participate in the National Science Bowl®, which will be held in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on May 1-5, 2003.

List of participating schools (PDF).

All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and over must bring a photo ID. Media representatives who plan to attend the event should notify Diane Greenberg, 631 344-2347.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies. Brookhaven also builds and operates major facilities available to university, industrial, and government scientists. The Laboratory is managed by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited liability company founded by Stony Brook University and Battelle, a nonprofit applied science and technology organization.