Get your buzzers ready: 2013 Great Lakes Bowl is February 9

February 1, 2013
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013

EVENT: The 2013 Great Lakes Bowl brings together 16 teams from high schools and junior high schools in Michigan and Ohio to compete for a spot at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. It is one of 25 regional competitions held around the country in February. Each team consists of five students who compete through quick-answer buzzer questions and more complex team challenge questions focused on fresh and salt water. Categories include physical oceanography, biology, chemistry, geography, geology, marine policy, social sciences and technology related to the Great Lakes and oceans.

The top team from each regional competition will advance to the National Ocean Sciences Bowl finals competition in April. The 2013 finals will be held in Milwaukee and will follow the theme “The Great Lakes: A Window into Freshwater Science.”

The event is not open to the general public (please do not list it in event calendars), but reporters are welcome.

PLACE: First floor, University of Michigan Dana Building, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Mich.

SPONSORS: Michigan Sea Grant, U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Domino’s Pizza, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Great Lakes Observing System, Limno-Tech, Inc., Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U-M Water Center, U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, National Marine Educators Association.

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This year, there are 16 teams from 14 schools in the region participating:

  • Berkley High School from Berkley, Mich.
  • Center for Advanced Studies and the Arts from Oak Park, Mich.
  • Clarkston Junior High School from Clarkston, Mich.
  • Dexter High School (two teams) from Dexter, Mich.
  • Greenhills School (two teams) from Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Huron High School from Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • International Academy West from White Lake, Mich.
  • Lake Orion High School from Lake Orion, Mich.
  • Linworth Alternative Program from Worthington, Ohio
  • Okemos High School from Okemos, Mich.
  • Roseville High School from Roseville, Mich.
  • Sault Area High School from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
  • Standish-Sterling Central High School from Standish, Mich.
  • Tri-County Area School from Howard City, Mich.