Dear Virginia Educators:

Blue Crab Bowl 2010 Teams

have been selected

Celebrating its 13th year…

The Blue Crab Bowl — Virginia’s regional competition leading to the National Ocean Science Bowl (NOSB®) — remains a popular way for high school science teachers to engage motivated students.  The challenge of competition can stimulate and enrich student mastery of science in many marine-related subjects: biological, physical, chemical, earth and environmental sciences, marine engineering and technology, geography, maritime history, as well as current issues in marine research, economics and policy.  Moreover, the team structure of the Bowl encourages cooperative learning and problem-solving. 

Blue Crab Bowl staff and volunteers at Old Dominion University (ODU) and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) encourage your participation.  This year, we continue our streamlined procedure allowing teams to express their interest in competing.  Have a look at the procedure and deadlines.  Sixteen teams are selected by lottery.  Only the selected teams have to assemble the extensive registration paperwork.  Other teams will remain on the waiting list, in order of their lottery drawing.

If you are a high school teacher and haven’t considered coaching a team, please think about what this investment offers your students.  Veteran coaches credit the National Ocean Sciences Bowl for sparking student interest in sciences and for helping to win administration support for courses in marine-related sciences and technology. 

This year's competition will take place on March 5-6, 2010, at the Old Dominion University campus in Norfolk, VA.  

 

If you need documentation to present to your school administration or other supporters, you can download a BCB brochure or event program.  NOSB’s extensive webpage will post the latest information about this national competition, its objectives and sponsoring agencies. Plus, NOSB offers resource lists and great tips on preparing a team for competition. 

Feel free to share this information with science teachers at your school.  We will be sending brochures to District Science Leaders and to Science Chairs at public and private high schools.  If you have questions about BCB, don’t hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to working with you and your team!

Sincerely,

Blue Crab Bowl Coordinator
Carol Hopper Brill (VIMS)

Download the BCB 2009 event program to see who participated last year and to get a feeling for the event.

Download the 2010 Blue Crab Bowl brochure and Statement of Intent Form.

Use the on-line Contact Form form to reach the Bowl Coordinator.