Regional Science Bowl Coordinators

Here you will find information for your regional competitions.
For more information, please refer to the coordinators manual (5.3MB) or contact one of the individuals listed below:

• General Information and Clarifications, Academic Competitions, Starting a Regional Event, National Finals Event:
  • Jan Tyler ~ tyler@jlab.org ~ 757-880-3359
    
• Middle School Car Competition:
  • Linda Lung ~ Linda.Lung@nrel.gov ~ 303-275-3044
    
• Online registration system:
  • Yolanda White ~ Yolanda.White@science.doe.gov ~ 202-586-6702

Materials for Regional Competitions
Regional Coordinators' Manual	Volunteer Training Sheets
Information For Registering Teams	Volunteer Training Video
Rules	Sample Media Advisories and Press Releases
School Model Car Competition	Documents Templates
Example Room Set-ups	Large Scoresheets
Participant Forms	Sample Programs
2013 Poster and Brochure

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• Regional Coordinators' Manual: 2013 Manual  (5.3MB)
• Coordinator Information regarding: Registering a Team (76KB)
• Middle School Login: https://applicationlink.labworks.org/nmsb.nsf/coordinators?openform
• High School Login: https://applicationlink.labworks.org/sciencebowl.nsf/coordinators?openform

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Rules

• Academic Rules (178KB)
• Important Rules for the Beginning of the Rounds  (30KB)
  

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School Model Car Competition

2013 National Science Bowl Car Rules - Final  (24KB)

• Coach Compliance Form  (515KB)
• Design Document and Design Document Interview Rubrics  (454KB)
• Design Document Presentation Rubric  (453KB)
• MSDS Lithium Ion Batteries  (24KB)
• Safety Hazards of Batteries  (503KB)
• Sample Design Documents  (8.1MB)
• 2013 Teacher Workshop  (15.8MB)
• Tips for Planning Building and Testinga Model Car  (141KB)

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Examples of Room Set-ups

• Students Facing the Audience (22KB)
• Moderator Facing the Audience (19KB)

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Participant Forms

• 2013 Team Commitment Form (133KB)
• 2013 Student Medical form  (121KB)
• 2013 Adult Medical Form  (103KB)
• 2013 Parental Consent & Media Release Form  (89KB)
• 2013 Adult Media Release Form  (69KB)
• Guidelines for Preparing Participant Biographies (24KB)
• Sample Regional Code of Conduct (49KB) (word version) (55KB)

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2013 Poster and Brochure

• 2013 National Science Bowl Poster  (36.9MB)
• 2013 National Science Bowl Brochure  (17.0MB)

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Volunteer Training Sheets

• Moderator (651KB)
• Scientific Judge (660KB)
• Rules Judge (626KB)
• Timekeeper (600KB)
• Scorekeeper (608KB)
• Rules Flowchart (60KB)

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Volunteer Training Video

Moderator and Judge Training

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Scorekeeper Training

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Timekeeper Training

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Sample Media Advisories and Press Releases

• Media Advisory (135KB) - Brookhaven National Lab
• Media Advisory (80KB) - Montana Regional
• Media Advisory (117KB) - Jefferson Lab
• Press Release (87KB) - Princeton Plasma Physics Lab - 2009
• Press Release (578KB) - Princeton Plasma Physics Lab - 2010

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Documents Templates:

• Official Scoresheet and Script for Starting each Round (31KB)
• Sample Round Robin and Elimination Brackets (143KB)
• Table Tent Template (492KB)
• Ready-to-Use Certificate (298KB)

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Large Scoresheets

• Color (24KB)
• Black and White (12KB)

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Sample Programs

• 2006 - Jefferson Lab (204KB)
• 2008 - NETL (3.8MB)

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