30th Annual
High School Science Bowl

Saturday, November 14, 2009

The University of Tennessee at Martin

Sponsored by

Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society* (SAACS)
Check the Bowl Rules by clicking here

"Science Bowl Rocks" Streaming Video from 2004 Bowl

 

PROGRAM

8:30 - 9:00	Johnson EPS Building Room G-7	Registration, Refreshments for Organizers & Teachers
9:00 - 10:30	Students report to Assigned Rooms (see below)	Written Test for students in assigned rooms. A presentation by Dr. David Sammons, director of the Reelfoot Lake Research & Teaching Center G-7
10:30 & 11:00	Johnson EPS Quad Entrance	Group Photos
11:00 - 12 noon	Humanities Auditorium	Chemistry & Physics Demonstrations by Student Members of ACS coordinated by Drs. Erkal, Davis and Montgomery
1:30 to 4:00	Boling University Center Ballroom & 230	Bowl Games
4 PM	Boling Center Ballroom	Awards

Each participating school will receive a copy of The Merck Index which is an internationally recognized handbook of chemical, pharmaceutical and biomedical information on behalf of the Kentucky Lake Section of the American Chemical Society and Merck & Company. T-Shirts will be given to the highest score from each school. Permanent trophies to champion and runner-up high schools, and appropriate medallions to the members of the top four teams in the bowl games.

Room Assignments:

SAACS Group Leaders	Group, Room School ID & Name	High School Teachers
Elizabeth A. Abernathy        Bethany M. Aden        Kayla M. Baker           Carol Chan                     Joseph M. Cook             Sean T. Malloy        Robert H. Mitchell	Group I, 204 198 Lake County   166 Univ School of Jackson	Shara Mobbs Jane Ramer, Malea Mullins, Judy Sanderson
Jessica D. Dvorak     Cotton L. Eaton     Lee A. Elliott        Gilbert J. Forgays        Marcelina A. Glover Jhalak Patel           Punam Patel	Group II, 202   136 Hutchison   132 Houston	Faunne Brown   Martha Gunn Poole, Bob Roberts
James K. Griffin     Sarah A.   Griffin     Brandilynn J. Griggs        Dahlia M. Haddad        Thomas H. Hester III              Robert C. Unger             Kayla A. Poindexter	Group III, 219 118 Creekwood   174 Martin Westview (18)	Joe Ridgeway   Jessica Hightower & Kim Simmons
Emily A. Jirik                     Corey L. Jones               Haley N. Jones     Justin L.   Jordan     Jonathan M. Lewis              Brandon D. Smith        Adam R. Travis	Group 1V, 227   172 Waverly Central (18)   144 Memphis University School (8)	Robby Einerson, Kenny Crowell   Michael Schwartz, Analice Sowell
Carolyn U.  Nguyen        Andrew T. Turner   Debra A. Perry         Lepold M. Phiapalath      Lauren H. White   Brittany A. Wyatt     Casey L. Turnage              Ashish J. Patel	Group V, 207   176 White Station   142 Madison Academic   164 Union City	Crystal Davis   Willie Chandler   Mandy Hopper

The following schools are registered as of Thursday, November 5:

Creek Wood High School, Charlotte,  Joe Ridgeway
Houston High School, Germantown,   Martha Gunn Poole & Bob Roberts
Hutchison School, Memphis,   Faune Brown       
Lake County High School, Troy,   Sarah Mobbs
Madison Academic High School, Jackson,   Willie Chandler
Memphis University School, Memphis,   Analice Sowell and Mchal Schwartz
Union City High School,   Mandy Hopper
University School of Jackson,   Jane Ramer
Waverly Central High School,   Robby Einerson
Westview High School, Martin,   Kim Simmons
White Station High School, Memphis,   Crystal Davis

29th Annual
High School Science Bowl

Saturday, November 15, 2008

The University of Tennessee at Martin

Sponsored by

Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society* (SAACS)
Check the Bowl Rules by clicking here

"Science Bowl Rocks" Streaming Video from 2004 Bowl

PROGRAM

8:30 - 9:00	Johnson EPS Building Room G-7	Registration, Refreshments for Organizers & Teachers
9:00 - 10:30	Students report to Assigned Rooms (see below)	Written Test for students Workshop for Teachers in G-7 (Vernier Software and Hardware for Data Handling) by Dr. Phillip H. Davis
10:30 & 11:00	Johnson EPS Quad Entrance	Group Photos
11:00 - 12 noon	Humanities Auditorium	Biofuels by Dr. Timothy N. Burcham
1:30 to 4:00	Boling University Center Ballroom & 230	Bowl Games
4 PM	Boling Center Ballroom	Awards*

* T-Shirts to the highest score from each school. Permanent trophies to champion and runner-up high schools, and appropriate medallions to the members of the top four teams in the bowl games.

Room Assignments:

SAACS Group Leaders	Group, Room School ID & Name	High School Teachers
Elizabeth Abernathy Lauren Bivens Bradley Bugg Carol Chan Joseph Cook	Group I, 204 127 Gleason (20) 166 Univ School of Jackson (20) Trinity Christian Academy (20)	Betty Jackson Jane Ramer, Malea Mullins, Judy Sanderson Kelly Shanks
Matthew Davis Casey Ellington James Griffin Christy Lowe	Group II, 202   136 Hutchison (6-7) 132 Houston (25)	Faunne Brown Martha Gunn Poole, Bob Roberts
Carolyn Nguyen Jonathan Mitchell Robert Mitchell Asish Patel	Group III, 219 118 Creekwood (6) Bartlett (20) 174 Martin Westview (18)	Joe Ridgeway Teke Totty Jessica Hightower & Kim Simmons
Punam Patel Kayla Poindexter Robert Unger Kiran Vaswani	Group 1V, 227 172 Waverly Central (18) 144 Memphis University School (8) 142 Madison Academic (5-10)	Robby Einerson, Kenny Crowell Michael Schwartz, Analice Sowell Willie Chandler

Bowl Faculty, Staff and SAACS

Biology: Drs. James Smart, Ann Gathers, Andy Sliger and Kevin Pitz

Chemistry: Drs. Nancy Hinds, Carol Blanchard, Bob Hartshorn, Phil Davis

Physics: Drs. Cahit Erkal, Misganaw Getaneh and Linglong Li

Agriculture: Dr. Timothy N. Burcham

Staff: Lana Ferrell, Steve Lemond, John Abel & UC staff, Tomi Parriss

SAACS: Elizabeth Abernathy, Tiffany Brewer, Carol Chan, Casey Ellington, James Griffin, Corey Jones, Christy Lowe, Carolyn Nguyen, Jonathan Mitchell, Robert Mitchell, Ashish Patel, Punam Patel, Lepold. Phiapalath, Kayla Poindexter, Casey Unger and Kiran Vaswani

Science Bowl Report

One hundred nine students from eleven schools (four from Memphis inclung Bartlett & Germantown, three from Jackson, Martin, Gleason, Waverly and Charlotte) participated.

Highest overall score of 92 was made by Connor Gilroy of the University School of Jackson.

Highest scores in categories were:

Biology, 96 by Connor Gilroy of USJ and Isaac Park of Houston High School

Chemistry, 96 by Connor Gilroy of USJ and Rahul Kumar of Memphis University School (MUS)

General Science, 96 by Harrison Rea of MUS

Eight schools chosen for the afternoon Bowl games were: Bartlett, Houston, Hutchison, Madison Academic, Martin Westview, MUS, USJ and Waverly.

Second runner-up schools were: Bartlett and USJ

First runner-up: Memphis University School

Champion: Houston High School, Germantown

Top Ten Scores

1. Connor Gilroy, USJ, 92

2. Isaac Park, Houston 88

3. Amanda Jones, Hutchison 88

4. Harrison Rea, MUS 84

5. Robert Davis, Westview 84

6. Josh Feler, MUS 84

7. Ivan Noltenius, Houston 79

8. Eric Emerling, Houston 76

9. Rahul Kumar, MUS 76

10. Alec Emerling, Houston 73

Top Score From Each School

Bartlett, Morgan L. Henry

Creek Wood, Timothy B. White

Gleason, Katie Snider

Houston, Isaac Park

Hutchinson, Amanda M. Jones

Madison Academic, Hillary M. Gause

MUS, Josh Feler & Harrison Rea

Trinity Christian Academy, Rachel C. Adams

USJ, Connor C. Gillroy

Waverly County Central, Kerey Leydens & Maggie Ragan

Westview, Robert Davis

Click Below for Past Events

Program & Results of 20th (1999) Science Bowl

Program & Results of 24th (2003) Science Bowl

Program & Results of 25th (2004) Science Bowl

Program & Results of 27th (2006) Science Bowl

Page updated by: ACS Student Members Joseph Cook and Thomas Hester, and Dr. Airee on November 6, 2009.