2007 West Virginia Science Bowl Important Dates
The 2007 West Virginia Regional Science Bowl® will be held Saturday, February 3, 2007, at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Morgantown. In case of harsh weather, the make-up date will be February 10, 2007. Teams consist of four student competitors, one student alternate, and one or more coaches (usually a science or math teacher). Boy and Girl Scout troops, Science Clubs, and multiple home schools within a single county may form a team if they choose to do so. Additional information concerning rules and regulations will be mailed to interested teams in the near future or may be found on our web site, www.netl.doe.gov.

The West Virginia regional competition is limited to 16 teams, the top two teams from each of the state's eight Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) regional competitions. RESA coordinators host a competition similar to the Science Bowl® for all public, private, and home schools in their region. Teams should contact their RESA for information on competing to go to the State Finals in Morgantown . These preliminary tournaments provide a formal mechanism to determine the top teams in the state in addition to encouraging many more students to take an interest in math and science.

The two winning teams from each RESA region must submit entry forms on-line by January 10, 2007. If two teams from each RESA have not been identified by January 10, 2007, entry forms will be accepted from third place teams which participated in a preliminary tournament elsewhere in the state. Entry forms for the WV State finals will be available on-line at http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/states/wv.htm .

The winner of the West Virginia Regional Science Bowl® will receive a 5-day (April 26 - 30, 2007) all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national competition held at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The winning team will also take possession of the traveling trophy for one year, a banner for their school, and other individual prizes.

At the national level, the 2006 Science Bowl® National Champions, the State College Area High School from State College, PA, won an all expense paid research trip to France , a trip on May 1 to the White House where they were hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, and $1,000 for the school's science department. Other top 2006 winners included North Hollywood High School of North Hollywood , CA; Santa Monica High School of Santa Monica, CA ; and Albany High School of Albany, CA. Each of the 16 teams that qualified for the national competition received $1000 checks for their school's science department. Other prizes included trips sponsored by national laboratories, computer equipment, TI Calculators and data acquisition kits, trophies, medals, and T-shirts. Click on http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/Default.htm for more information on the national event. Capital High School of Charleston, WV, the WV Regional Science Bowl champion, took third place and $1,250 in the fuel cell speed race.

If you have any questions, please contact your RESA Coordinator Steve Woodruff, the WV Regional Coordinator, at (304) 285-4175, or by e-mail to steven.woodruff@netl.doe.gov.

Capital High School of Charleston , WV, winner of the 2006 West Virginia Regional Science Bowl, won third place in the fuel cell speed race at the National Science Bowl in Washington , DC . The team is pictured with Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, left, and Under Secretary for Science Raymond Orbach, right.