Dobyns-Bennett High School Takes Top Honor at Fifth Annual Northeast Tennessee Science Bowl
KINGSPORT – Dobyns-Bennett High School students took top honors in the Fifth Annual Northeast Tennessee Science Bowl, held this week at the Toy F. Reid Employee Center in Kingsport.
The competition included regional teams from Cherokee High School in Rogersville, Volunteer High School in Church Hill, Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee High School in Bristol, Greeneville High School in Greeneville and Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport.
The National Science Bowl‚® competition, launched by the U.S. Department of Energy in 1991, helps develop the workforce that America requires to remain at the forefront of scientific advances, technological innovation and economic competitiveness. The regional competitions are designed to prepare students for state and national science bowl competitions. Questions are pulled from a wide-range of academic areas including astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, general science and mathematics.
Since the National Science Bowl‚® started in 1991, more than 160,000 students from all over the country have taken part in the fast-paced, question and answer tournament. Each year the number of regional competitions continues to grow.
Regional teams consisted of four students and one alternate from grades 10 through 12.‚ Dobyns-Bennetts Team #2 placed first and received a $300 cash prize and plaque.‚ Second place was awarded to Volunteer High School Team #1 which received a $200 cash award and plaque.‚ Greeneville High School team #2 took third place and received a $100 cash prize and plaque.
The winning team from Dobyns-Bennett included students:‚ Farrah Carter, Casey Zhu, Scott Zhou, Phil Habegger and Teacher/Coach Katie Jenkins.
All of the regional teams competing in the Science Bowl are eligible to compete in the state competition scheduled for February 18-19, 2011 at Pellissippi State Community College Blount County campus, Friendsville, TN.‚ The winning team from Tennessee will receive an all-expense-paid trip to compete in the Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl‚® in Washington, DC to be held April 28- May 2.‚ ‚ ‚
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