Orca Bowl

2019 Teams - time to PRE-register your interest in having a team compete in Orca Bowl this year! Follow this link to fill out your info!

Orca Bowl 2019 Pre-Registration Washington Sea Grant and UW's College of the Environment invite your high school to participate in ORCA BOWL – February 23, 2019. This program is the regional competition for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) and is held annually at the University of Washington. The first place team will be ...

Newport High A is REPRESENTING here at National Finals in Boulder, CO. So far they are undefeated and heading into round 3 of double elimination! This is the furthest an Orca Bowl team has gone in over a decade at Finals (to my knowledge) so send good vibes and cheer them on from afar!!!

SAVE THE DATE! Orca Bowl will be held on Saturday, February 24, 2018! Know a team who wants to participate? Let them know to pre-register here: https://goo.gl/forms/vIVirOF6WzAiFbMC3.

Orca Bowl 2018 Pre-Registration Washington Sea Grant and UW's College of the Environment invite your high school to participate in ORCA BOWL – February 24, 2018. This program is the regional competition for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) and is held annually at the University of Washington. The first place team will be el...

And the results are in! It was a crazy couple of rounds that came down to the wire, but Tacoma Science and Math Institute are the 2017 Orca Bowl champs! Congrats to all the teams for a great day of competition and fun!

Orca Bowl 2017 is officially underway! Good luck teams!

Orca Bowl Central gets up close with Mike the whale

Game on! Orca Bowl 2017 is happening tomorrow! Teams from all over WA will be joining us at UW to test their knowledge about ocean science! Looking forward to seeing all of our high school teams and volunteers!

Congrats to Garfield High School Team A for their big win at Orca Bowl 2016! And great job to all of the teams for their hard work and great sportsmanship throughout the event. It was another great year!

Orca Bowl is JUST around the corner and we are getting pumped!!! We are still looking for more volunteers to be on officials teams and to help out on the day of the event - please help us pass the word along!!! Our remaining training sessions for officials are Tuesday, Feb. 9th and Thursday, Feb. 18th. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please let us know by filling out this online survey: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/mailesul/286229

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Professional Development Webinars | NOSB The NOSB is happy to announce a special professional development opportunity for middle and high school educators nationwide.

Cool opportunity to connect with some interesting folks in our region talking about Ocean Acidification! http://earthecho.org/news/151119-virtualfieldtrip

EarthEcho International | Virtual Field Trip: Ecosystem Modeling with the Northwest Fisheries... Environmental media and education, in honor of Philippe Cousteau Sr.

We have a COOL opportunity for Orca Bowl teams and their friends/family! Please join us at UW on Tuesday, Dec. 1st at 6pm for the:

SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE ON THE HYDROTHERMAL HUNT!

The Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor is embarking on an exciting expedition to explore the Mariana Back-arc for hydrothermal activity and ecosystems… and you are invited! The Schmidt Ocean Institute is inviting NOSB ORCA BOWL students to participate in a live ship-to-shore event during this expedition. You will take a virtual tour of this state-of the-art research vessel, explore the research equipment used – including Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Sentry, and learn about the science being conducted. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the expedition team, which includes researchers from the University of Washington, Oregon State University, and NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab.

More information about this expedition is available at:
http://www.schmidtocean.org/story/show/4598

Please RSVP if you plan on attending!

Hydrothermal Hunt in the Marianas