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NATIONAL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL 2019 SPONSORS Welcome to the 22nd Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Finals! We are particularly proud of this year’s theme, Observe the Ocean; Secure the Future. Measuring properties of the sea is one of the earliest ways in which humans scientifically studied the ocean and is key to how we will ensure that our ocean planet prospers.

We’ve come a long way from the days of Charles Darwin taking notes on plankton during his voyage on HMS Beagle. Ocean observations collected continuously across the world’s ocean yield massive amounts of important data for scientists to interpret. The hardware, from drifting buoys to cabled arrays to autonomous vehicles to satellites, represent ocean technology innovation across decades. Still, collecting, synthesizing, and applying the data toward sound decisions pose challenges across sectors and disciplines. You, the next generation of ocean leaders, must help to observe and understand our ocean like never before to ensure it remains healthy and supports life on our planet for millennia to come. We hope that this year’s theme allows you to think about how ocean science, which begins with education and observations, can be applied to interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. As NOSB students know very well, our basic needs – food, water, energy, etc. – are tied closely to a healthy and productive ocean. To secure our future, we must secure the ocean’s future. To secure the ocean’s future we must observe it, understand it, and care for it like never before. By being part of the NOSB, you have already taken a big step toward securing our ocean’s future through better understanding, and I commend you for that. Our ocean needs champions like you! The NOSB is a program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL), which is composed of nearly 100 leading ocean science, research, and technology institutions (public and private), including many that host our regional bowls. While we usually host Finals at one of our regional bowl locations, this year we’re excited to welcome you to COL’s hometown of Washington, D.C. Thank you to all the COL staff members and gracious volunteers for making Finals a success. I would like to thank everyone involved in making the NOSB possible, particularly the many generous federal agencies, private organizations, and individuals that supported activities this year. You can find these sponsors listed in your program, and you’ll see it takes a broad range of supporter types and levels— all of whom clearly recognize the importance of ocean science education—to bring this program together. Please also join me in thanking our regional bowl hosts and our dedicated, hard-working volunteers—they help ensure each year is a success. More than 1,800 students from 33 states competed in the 2019 regional bowls, which means those of you in attendance are already winners, and I sincerely congratulate you. As our nation’s top high school ocean science experts, you should feel proud of yourselves, your teammates, and your fellow competitors. I hope you will remember to have fun and make new friends while you compete and participate in this weekend’s events. Good luck to each and every one of you, and again, congratulations!

Sincerely,

RADM Jonathan W. White, USN (ret.) President & CEO Consortium for Ocean Leadership TABLE OF CONTENTS

Schedule of Events...... 1 Letter from NOAA ...... 2 Keynote Speaker...... 3 2019 Theme ...... 4 Tribute to Dr. Ray ...... 5 Field Trips...... 6-7 Prizes & Awards...... 8 Game Summary...... 9 Competition Rooms ...... 10-11 Round Robins ...... 12-13 Double Elimination Brackets . . . . . 14-16 Team Bios...... 17-28 Question Reviewers...... 29 Words from our Sponsors...... 30-32 Scholarship Ad ...... 33 Consortium for Ocean Leadership Ad. . 34 Maps...... 35

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#NOSB19 @NOSBRocks Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 11 Friday, April 12 6:30pm Depart hotel to walk to Keck Center 7:00am-8:00am Breakfast (LCH – Metropolitan) 7:00pm-9:00pm NOSB Speed-Career Event (KC – Atrium/Cafeteria) 8:00am-4:00pm Field Trips 7:30pm-9:00pm Coach/Regional Coordinator Meeting (LCH – Hill) 6:00pm-9:00pm Opening Ceremony (LCH – Metropolitan)

Saturday, April 13 Sunday, April 14 7:00am-7:45am Team and RC Breakfast (LCH – Metropolitan) 7:00am-7:45am Team and RC Breakfast (LCH – Metropolitan) 7:45am-8:20am Team All Hands Meeting (LCH – Metropolitan) 8:00am-8:30am All Hands Meeting (LCH – Metropolitan) 9:00am-11:15am Round Robin Competitions, Rounds 1-3 (KC) 8:45am-10:15am DE Competitions, Rounds 5-6 (LCH – Metropolitan & Hub) Science Expert Briefings 10:15am-11:00am DE Competition, Round 7 (LCH – Metropolitan) 11:15am-12:30pm Team & Volunteer Lunch (KC – Atrium/Cafeteria) (determines 3rd Place) 12:10pm-12:30pm Volunteer Meeting (KC – TBD) 11:00am-11:45pm DE Competition, Round 8 (LCH – Metropolitan) st nd 12:30pm-2:00pm Round Robin Competitions, Rounds 4-5 (KC) (determines 1 & 2 Place) Science Expert Briefings 11:45am-12:30pm DE Competition, Round 9 (LCH – Metropolitan) (if needed) 2:00pm-2:35pm Presentation (KC – Atrium/Cafeteria) 12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch (LCH – Grid/Hill) 2:00pm-2:35pm Scoring & Seeding for Double Elimination 2:00pm-3:00pm Awards Ceremony (LCH – Metropolitan) 2:45pm-4:15pm DE Competitions, Rounds 1-2 3:00pm Teams depart for airport 3:00pm-6:00pm Activities for non-competing teams 4:15pm-5:45pm DE Competitions, Rounds 3-4 *KC = Keck Center, National Academy of Sciences 6:00pm Vacate Keck Center; Teams are on their own for dinner *LCH = Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel

The color used throughout the progam is Living Coral, Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2019. Louisa Koch, Director of Education, NOAA Welcome to the 2019 Finals competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl! This year’s theme on “Observe the Ocean; Secure the Future” is highly relevant to NOAA’s mission to understand and predict changes in the ocean, climate, weather, and our coasts. Our agency relies on satellite systems, ships, buoys, and aircraft among a host of other research and observation tools to achieve that mission. We’re excited that you, too, have been learning about the role of ocean observations in serving our society and some of the challenges we face given the huge amounts of data those observations produce. For 22 years, NOAA has supported the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), providing both funding and volunteer time and expertise. NOAA contributes to the NOSB because our educational mission is to inspire, educate, and inform youth and adults to use science to improve ocean and coastal stewardship, bolster our economy, increase safety and resilience to environmental hazards, and prepare a future workforce to support NOAA’s mission. I hope that in preparing for and participating in the NOSB, you have increased your understanding of the ocean, ocean observations and the important role they play in our lives. We at NOAA are excited that this year’s Finals competition is happening close to our headquarters and several of our own centers of observation and forecasting. During your time here in the D.C. area, I hope you have an opportunity to meet our employees, learn more about careers at NOAA, and visit our offices or one of our research and forecasting centers. I have observed firsthand the enthusiasm and breadth and depth of knowledge that NOSB contestants demonstrate at NOSB competitions. I know that these competitions could not happen without the support of your coaches and the dedication of the hundreds of volunteers who contribute their time and expertise to this program. The ongoing commitment of these individuals and the schools, agencies, and institutions they represent is a testament to the ongoing inspiration the NOSB competition provides to all of us. I wish you good luck in this year’s competition and look forward to watching your matches over the next couple days!

A vision of resilient communities guides NOAA and its partners in a collective effort to reduce the vulnerability of communities and ecological systems in the short-term while helping society avoid or adapt to potential long-term environmental, social, and economic changes. To achieve this vision, NOAA’s dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need it. To learn more about NOAA, visit www.noaa.gov

2 Keynote Speaker

MARCIA McNUTT PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Marcia McNutt (B.A. in physics, Colorado College; Ph.D. in Earth sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) is a geophysicist and the 22nd president of the National Academy of Sciences. From 2013 to 2016, she was editor-in-chief of Science journals. McNutt was director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 2009 to 2013, during which time USGS responded to a number of major disasters, including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. For her work to help contain that spill, McNutt was awarded the U.S. Coast Guard’s Meritorious Service Medal. She is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Association of Geodesy. McNutt is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, UK, and the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1998, McNutt was awarded the AGU’s Macelwane Medal for research accomplishments by a young scientist, and she received the Maurice Ewing Medal in 2007 for her contributions to deep-sea exploration.

Brendan Philip, our Saturday presenter, is a graduate student in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, where he studies water and gas circulation within the seafloor at subduction zones and uses Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) data to understand long-term changes to methane emissions from the seafloor in the deep ocean. Brendan did his undergraduate studies in oceanography at UW and at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, where he conducted his undergraduate research into seafloor methane seeps and bubble dynamics. He has sailed on numerous research expeditions to help build and maintain the OOI’s Cabled Array off the coasts of Washington and Oregon, as well as several expeditions focused on sub-seafloor fluid transport. His seagoing experience includes working with remotely operated vehicles, deploying deep sea instrumentation, and using acoustics to map the seafloor and locate bubbles within the overlying ocean. Brendan is passionate about sharing his research and experiences with the next generation of ocean scientists.

3 2019 NATIONAL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL THEME: OBSERVE THE OCEAN; SECURE THE FUTURE

Most of our global ocean remains unexplored, yet we know it’s changing at a time when its role in supporting life on our planet becomes more apparent every day. As we face a warmer ocean, melting poles, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and other challenges that impact every aspect of our society, our need for information on ocean patterns, conditions, and processes is growing exponentially. Understanding how the ocean works enables our nation to better predict weather, strengthens our national economy, increases public safety, and protects human health and natural resources. Greater knowledge of the ocean’s interrelated systems is also vital for understanding marine biodiversity, ocean and coastal ecosystems, and climate change. However, standardization of the collected data is the new challenge. Ocean experts in government, academia, and industry are working to standardize this wealth of collected data, as well as address any gaps, so that it can be utilized together by a growing number of users. Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL) facilitates ocean observing programs and selected this topic for the 2019 NOSB Finals to help raise awareness of the important work being conducted by its members, partners, and stakeholders. One of the organization’s priorities is to enhance our ability to observe and monitor our changing ocean, not only to maintain the economic prosperity linked to our rich ocean resource but also to unlock the incredible potential of the sea while sustaining ocean health and biodiversity. Gaps in our nation’s ocean observing capabilities limit predictions, weather forecasting improvements, search and rescue efforts, economic development, ecosystem conservation, and effective policy and management. COL understands that long-term, sustained global ocean observations serve as the foundation for both scientific discovery and sound ocean management for current and future generations. Therefore, the organization advances ocean observation by managing the U.S. Interagency Ocean Observing Committee, supporting the Ocean Observatories Initiative, and supporting projects of the Global Ocean Observing System, including the Deep Ocean Observing Strategy. Together, these programs connect federal agencies, institutions, and nations all contributing to the scientific understanding, education, stewardship, and/or societal applications of ocean observations.

4 Tribute to Dr. Ray

The NOSB lost one of its most vocal advocates and dedicated regional coordinators with the passing of Dr. Ray Beiersdorfer on October 11, 2018. Dr. Ray, as everyone called him, was a professor of geologic and environmental sciences at Youngstown State University (YSU) for 25 years and a coordinator of the Penguin Bowl for 16 years. Dr. Ray was enthusiastic about science education and viewed the Penguin Bowl as a meaningful way to give students living in the landlocked states of Ohio and Pennsylvania a unique opportunity to learn about the ocean, a topic they had very little access to in traditional high school courses. He found ways to send teams home each year with new and used textbooks so that they could continue their self-directed studies. He also engaged everyone from young children to adults through Dr. Ray’s Amazing Sideshow of Science, a favorite enjoyed the National Ice Core Laboratory, which houses at community and school events in Northeast Ohio. In 2012, meteoric ice cores recovered from the glaciated regions of his sideshow hit the road and made an appearance at the the world - and where he was able to meet Dr. Freeze. NOSB Finals in Baltimore, Maryland. He dazzled the students with amazing science facts and demonstrations about the Dr. Ray will be remembered for many things. His personal hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere and fashion style, a mix of Hawaiian and tie-dye shirts and discussed the research he conducted annually with the Study mismatched socks and Converse sneakers, always meant he Abroad Program to China he managed through YSU. He stood out. But those who really got to know him also learned explained how students, including at least one NOSB alum, he was an advocate for the environment, climate, and social joined him in explorations of the exciting geologic history of China, including the ancient oceanic crust and mantle on the justice, especially within his local Ohio community. Most of Tibetan Plateau. all, he will be remembered for his unwavering dedication During each of the NOSB Finals competitions, Dr. Ray loved to his YSU and NOSB students, his contagious humor, joining the participating teams on field trips and sharing enthusiasm, and excitement for teaching and learning. his love of geology with them. In 2018, he was truly in his To say he will be missed is an understatement. We hope element visiting Dinosaur Ridge, where he informed students of the geologic history and fossil evidence found in the area, you will all join in reminiscing about Dr. Ray this weekend, indicating past climates, changing sea level over geologic sharing stories of your time with him and remembering him time, and the eventual extinction of dinosaurs. He also for his many years of service to the program.

5 Field Trips

NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction Take a tour of the NOAA National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Maryland. This center houses over 800 scientists who provide the United States with expert weather, water, and climate forecasts that touch everyone’s lives. Opened in August 2012, the center provides environmental analysis, diagnostics, and forecasts from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor. The center houses Science on a Sphere® for viewing global data visualizations and also contains the mechanical, electrical, and communications systems, such as the complete backup for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. On this tour you will hear from the NOAA scientists who produce and use the forecasts and research from the Center. 1 Anacostia Boat Tour & National Museum of the U.S. Navy Take a guided boat tour on the Anacostia River to learn about the river’s wildlife, history, environmental threats, and the solutions helping it realize its full potential. Then go on a VIP tour of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, which, according to the Washington Post, is “amazing – if you can get in.” Students will meet an underwater archaeologist and hear about their mission to find and conserve the Navy’s collection of over 2,500 shipwrecks and 14,000 aircraft wrecks distributed across the globe, which date from the American Revolution to the beginnings of the nuclear age. Includes free time to explore the museum where experts will be stationed at key exhibits such as the bathyscaphe Trieste, Alvin (DSV-2), and Covert Operations. 2 Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Students will participate in the “Reefs Unleashed” Q?rius workshop. Q?rius is an interactive and experimental learning space that brings the unique assets of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History – the science, researchers, and collections – out from behind the scenes. In “Reefs Unleashed,” students will model scientific practices of marine biologists as they study plates from two ARMS units, collected from reefs in two different geographic locations. They will discuss how humans impact the health of oceans and how new research methods are helping to quantify coral reef biodiversity faster than we ever could have imagined. Following the workshop, participants will enjoy free time to explore the museum, including the Sant Ocean Hall. 3 6 National Aquarium & Mr. Trash Wheel This tour goes behind the scenes to discover the science of animal care, training, and water quality. How does the aquarium care for a swarm of stinging jellies, dozens of toothy sharks, and Calypso, the three-flippered green sea turtle? Explore what it takes to care for 20,000 animals every day. After the tour, there will be free time to explore the aquarium’s amazing exhibits. Then participants will visit Baltimore’s iconic Mr. Trash Wheel, which harnesses the power of water and sunlight to collect litter and debris before it flows into the harbor. 4 Johns Hopkins University Tour the Dynamical Systems and Control Lab, where lab researchers have participated in the development of numerous underwater vehicles for oceanographic science missions, including the Nereus and Nereid Under-Ice hybrid underwater vehicles. Get a demonstration of the Johns Hopkins University Remotely Operated underwater robotic Vehicle, an uninhabited, tethered research testbed underwater robot. The students will also tour the Lab for Experimental Fluid Dynamics where researchers examine a wide range of problems involving complex flows and particle dynamics, including oil spill and microplankton studies. 5 Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute Enjoy a unique experience at the National Zoo organized by the zoo’s VIP tours. Visit the Amazonia exhibit and its Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab and Coral Lab. Watch animal keepers train the zoo’s pinnipeds while learning about animal enrichment activities. Understand more about the zoo’s conservation efforts. Enjoy seeing the giant pandas and red pandas on the Asia Trail. Visit the new naked mole rat habitat in the small mammal house. Watch the antics of the primates in the Great Ape House. View the big animals – great cats, elephants, and American bison. With free time in addition to the tour, see all of these animals and many more! 6 ThinkOcean Hill Workshop & Capitol Visit Participants will participate in a workshop by ThinkOcean on how to advocate and engage members of Congress. ThinkOcean is an organization founded by, created for, and maintained by youth with the goal to increase college and high school awareness of environmental issues and engage members towards solving these challenges. Following the workshop, the participants will head to Capitol Hill for a briefing with the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Oceans, Fisheries, and Weather, as well as other committees and offices to be determined. 7 7 Prizes & Awards

This year the top three national teams will have the opportunity to select from the following three award prizes, with the national champions having the honor of making the first selection. The two award trip prizes are provided courtesy of the NOSB’s dedicated and generous end-of-year donors and local organizations and facilities.

OPTION #1 OPTION #2 OPTION #3 AWARD TRIP AWARD TRIP AWARD Monterey, California Coastal Southern Virginia Reclaimed sail backpacks and Trip Date: Trip Date: the team receives a $750 gift July 2019; exact dates TBD July 2019; exact dates TBD certificate to Amazon.com

4rd – 8th Place Team members and coaches of the 4th through 8th place teams will receive a variety of award items made of recycled post-consumer plastic and reclaimed sails and/or gift certificates to Amazon.com. The 4th place team will receive $500, 5th place will receive $350, 6th place will receive $300, and 7th and 8th place will each receive $250

1st – 8th Place Coaches will receive Marine Technology Society Memberships.

The 3rd – 8th place prizes are provided courtesy of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society.

James D. Watkins Sportsmanship Award This highly esteemed award is offered to the team that demonstrates the best sportsmanship throughout the NOSB Finals Competition and weekend of events. The selected team will receive a brand-new buzzer system and a $500 gift certificate to Amazon.com. These prizes are provided courtesy of the James D. Watkins Fund.

8 Game Summary

The NOSB Finals Competition is composed of three elements. ROUND ROBIN: The round robin portion involves all the participating teams. With 24 teams competing, teams are not playing in divisions. Each team is placed by blind draw into a randomized schedule. Each team will play four other teams during the round robins for the opportunity to proceed to the double elimination portion of the tournament. two Team Challenge For the 2019 Finals Competition, each round robin will follow this format: . Questions, 6-minute buzzer segment, 2-minute break, 6-minute buzzer segment SCIENCE EXPERT BRIEFING (SEB): All teams compete in the SEB through both written testimonies submitted prior to the competition and oral responses presented during the competition. In a closed session, each team will answer questions from a panel of judges. The SEB will be conducted concurrently with the round robin portion of the competition.

Scoring for Advancement: The top 16 teams with the highest combined round robin (75%) and SEB (25%) scores are guaranteed a spot in the double elimination portion. All of the remaining teams are then eliminated.

Seeding for Double Elimination: Seeding for group rank in the round robins, double elimination portion, and final rank for the competition is based on the following criteria, in order: game points [two for a win, one for a tie, no points for a loss (round robin only)], head to head results (if applicable), fewest number of losses, total number of points scored by a team, point differential, and a coin toss. DOUBLE ELIMINATION: The double elimination portion involves the top 16 teams, which are seeded based on the results achieved in the round robin portion. No team is eliminated from the double elimination portion until they have lost two games. This means that a team in the final game, that has not been previously defeated, must lose twice to be eliminated. Ties in the double elimination portion will be resolved with a group of five toss-up questions (no bonus) to determine a winner. This procedure will be repeated until there is a winner.

9 Competition Rooms

SCIENCE EXPERT BRIEFING 100 101 103 105 106 201 206 207 208 209 BYE TIMES 102 104

Oregon Coast Norfolk Thomas Raleigh ROUND 1 Newport Santa Monica Oxford Mt. Sinai Viera Ladue Ketchikan Lexington & Canyon & Liberty Jefferson 9:00 Charter & Punahou & MAST & Belfast & AES & STMHS & Rockdale & Centerville Troy 9:00 Crest Common & Albany ASMSA

Mt. Sinai STMHS ROUND 2 Raleigh Charter Belfast Oregon Coast Lexington Canyon Crest MAST AES Viera Oxford & Ladue & Liberty 9:45 Thomas & ASMSA & Punahou & Ketchikan & Troy & Centerville & Newport & Norfolk & Albany Santa Monica Rockdale 9:45 Common Jefferson

Thomas Liberty ROUND 3 STMHS ASMSA Raleigh Charter Oregon Coast Santa Monica Newport MAST Norfolk Canyon Crest AES Jefferson 10:30 Common & Rockdale & Troy & Lexington & Oxford & Mt. Sinai & Ketchikan & Punahou & Centerville & Belfast Albany 10:30 & Ladue Viera

All but Oregon Oregon Santa Coast, Santa LUNCH 11:15 Coast Monica Monica, 11:15 Ketchikan Centerville Ketchikan, & Centerville 11:45 All Teams

Liberty AES ROUND 4 Belfast STMHS & Punahou Santa Monica Viera ASMSA Oregon Coast Ladue Canyon Crest MAST Common & Thomas 12:30 & Norfolk Raleigh Charter & Mt. Sinai & Lexington & Ketchikan & Centerville & Rockdale & Troy Oxford Newport 12:30 & Albany Jefferson

Liberty Oregon Coast, ROUND 5 Common AES Canyon Crest ASMSA Viera Raleigh Charter Oxford STMHS Belfast Mt. Sinai Santa Monica, 1:15 1:15 & Thomas & Albany & Newport & Lexington & Rockdale & Troy & MAST & Ladue Punahou Norfolk Ketchikan, Jefferson & Centerville

10 SCIENCE EXPERT BRIEFING 100 101 103 105 106 201 206 207 208 209 BYE TIMES 102 104

All but Oregon Oregon Santa Coast, Santa LUNCH 11:15 Coast Monica Monica, 11:15 Ketchikan Centerville Ketchikan, & Centerville 11:45 All Teams

11 Round Robins

TEAM ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 ROUND 5 TOTAL S Oregon Coast E B Canyon Crest SEB

Oxford SEB

Belfast SEB S Santa Monica E B MAST SEB

Newport SEB

Punahou SEB

Mt. Sinai SEB

AES SEB

Norfolk SEB

Liberty Common SEB

Viera SEB

STMHS SEB

Thomas Jefferson SEB

12 Get In The Game

TEAM ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 ROUND 5 TOTAL Albany SEB

Ladue Horton Watkins SEB

Rockdale SEB

Raleigh Charter SEB

ASMSA SEB

Lexington SEB

Troy SEB S Ketchikan E B S Centerville E B

13 ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 SATURDAY, 2:45 PM SATURDAY, 3:30 PM SATURDAY, 4:15 PM SATURDAY, 5:00 PM

T-1

Game 1 RM 100

T-16 Game 9 RM 208 T-8 W to G27 Game 2 RM 101

T-9 Game 21 RM 103 T-5

Game 3 RM 103 L to G25

T-12 Game 10 RM 206 T-4

Game 4 RM 105

T-13 L G14

Game 17 o G L G1 RM 103 W t 25

Game 11 RM 201 Game 22 7th/8th Place L G2 RM 106

L G13

Game 18 L G3 RM 105

Game 12 RM 106

L G4

14 ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 SATURDAY, 2:45 PM SATURDAY, 3:30 PM SATURDAY, 4:15 PM SATURDAY, 5:00 PM

T-6

Game 5 RM 106

T-11 Game 13 RM 105 T-3 W to G27 Game 6 RM 201

T-14 Game 23 RM 100 T-7

Game 7 RM 206 L to G26

T-10 Game 14 RM 103 T-2

Game 8 RM 208

T-15 L G10

Game 19 o G L G5 RM 106 W t 26

Game 15 RM 101 Game 24 7th/8th Place L G6 RM 105

L G9

Game 20 L G7 RM 100

Game 16 RM100

L G8

15 ROUND 5 ROUND 6 ROUND 7 ROUND 8 ROUND 9 SUNDAY, 8:45 AM SUNDAY, 9:30 AM SUNDAY, 10:15 AM SUNDAY, 11:00 AM SUNDAY, 11:45 AM

W G21

Game 27 Metropolitan

W G23 Game 30 1st/2nd Place Metropolitan L G21 L G27 Game 25 5th/6th Place Game 29 (If Necessary) Metropolitan 3rd Place Game 31 Metropolitan Metropolitan

W G22 Game 28 4th Place Hub L G23 W G27 if they lost G30 Game 26 5th/6th Place Hub

W G24

2019 NOSB Top Science Expert Briefing Teams

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16 ALOHA BOWL BAY SCALLOP BOWL HAWAII SEA GRANT, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Regional Coordinators: Ms. Cindy Knapman, Ms. Heather Dudock Regional Coordinators: Ms. Kim Knoll, Dr. Ping Liu, Ms. Kaitlin Willig

PUNAHOU SCHOOL MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL

Punahou School’s Ocean Sciences Bowl team was initiated this year because The Mount Sinai High School “Bergy Bits” team includes Coaches Andy of our team’s interest in learning about how the Pacific Ocean shapes Matthews and Glynis Nau-Ritter who are both alumni of Stony Brook Hawaiian culture and ecology. We are also interested in studying how University’s Marine Research Center. Andy (MST director) started coaching physical processes in the ocean contribute to the unusual weather patterns in the team in 2003, while Glynis is looking forward to retirement after Hawaii. Maya Mastick (a junior) enjoys learning about and solving complex teaching AP science classes for the past 35 years. Captain/senior Clare issues. Mattie Morales (a freshman) is passionate about marine ecology and Dana is happier than an otter eating an urchin as she competes in her third biology and loves to discuss the complexity of living systems in the ocean NOSB and continues her passion for marine sciences. Junior Arielle Mule is with like-minded people. Ethan Lau (a junior) is interested in examining the returning for her third NOSB with her physics expertise, while the remaining intersections between physics, chemistry, and biology and joined the team members are excited to be competing at NOSB for the first time. Junior to test his critical thinking skills. Team captain Ryan Park (a senior) wants Aaron Angress humbly lives his life as a beardy bit while junior Katherine to explore how mathematics can be applied to physical processes in the Fedotov (a nine-year-old sea cucumber) is :) to be here. Junior Jonathon ocean. Their coach, “Dr. G” has a doctorate in marine science and enjoys Jacobson is thrilled to be celebrating his birthday this year at NOSB in D.C.! sharing her passion for the ocean with her students.

17 BLUE CRAB BOWL BLUE HERON BOWL VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, WILMINGTON

Regional Coordinators: Dr. Carol Hopper Brill, Mr. William Dunn Regional Coordinators: Ms. Erin Moran, Ms. Nina Sassano

NORFOLK COLLEGIATE SCHOOL RALEIGH CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

The Norfolk Collegiate regional bowl team consisted of students from a Guess who’s back! Back again… Coach Whit Hames is back with the diversity of backgrounds. Only two students had marine science experience, Raleigh Charter Phoenixes brand new and better than ever! Between but all five were united by a love for STEM and an interest in academic drawing by the Great Lakes and eating Chick-fil-A, Team Captain Nicholas competition. They have a range of interests, including environmental science, managed to be the first Hogwarts student to study giant squid. Roumi would engineering, genetics, and biochemistry. Since participating in NOSB, all of rather be communicating by owl post or befriending phoenixes, given her them have been fascinated by how their interests can be applied to some passion for avian taxidermy and her adorable pet bird. Having already element of marine science. chased down the Hogwarts Express, Sophia is always excited to travel to new places, but she prefers brooms to floo powder. Before graduating and Multiple team members mentioned the memory of their improbable march flying planes to protect our skies for military academies, Patrick earned to victory as a first-time competitor in a field stacked with traditional winners himself the position of Gryffindor quidditch captain. He’d be lost without at the 22nd Blue Crab Bowl. Although this was his first year coaching, Frank Ashwin, who will be designing him the fastest new brooms after going to Thomson was an NOSB volunteer as a graduate student and his Ph.D. North Carolina State University for aeronautical engineering after helping to advisor was a moderator and speaker at this year’s event. Team members design better Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans! Braeden Thomson (captain), Austin Honey, Kendra Honey, Libby Snowden, and Carson Giocondo were first-time participants as well.

18 BLUE LOBSTER BOWL CHESAPEAKE BAY BOWL MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SEA GRANT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PROGRAM Regional Coordinators: Ms. Lori Tsuruda, Dr. Thomas Consi Regional Coordinators: Dr. Tina Bell, Dr. Andrea Cobb

LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the first battle of the American Revolution, is also home to a group of ocean science enthusiasts. Led Shawn Stickler took over this year as the director of the Oceanography Lab by Coach Kari Darling, our team consists of juniors Sachiv Chakravarti, and the sponsor of TJ’s Ocean Bowl program, though this is his ninth year Ashwin Padaki, and Fayza Jaleel and seniors Jonathan Jiang and Brendan coaching. Team members are Mark Putman, MJ Old, Kenny Johnson, Alex Cantwell. You can always find us jamming to some sea shanties, listening to Zhang, and Chris Kan. Mark’s godly studying power is perhaps displayed National Public Radio, absolutely not polluting the environment, or all of the best by his radiant report card. Meanwhile, MJ’s passion for marine biology above simultaneously. Sachiv, our debate expert, has a dog named Nemo is matched only by her skill for answering practice tossup questions with a from whom he apparently takes inspiration for his hairstyles. Ashwin likes mouth full of popcorn. Alex and Chris are amazing at chem despite playing math and plays Smash Ultimate using Squirtle, his favorite member of the Brawl Stars during practice. And Kenny has amazing knowledge of the olive ridley species of sea turtle. Fayza likes to tell people that rocks have depths… of obscure internet conspiracy fora. stories. While away from the buzzers, Jonathan and Brendan participate in a cappella, having spent their summers serenading periwinkles on the shores of Massachusetts at an ocean science summer camp.

19 DOLPHIN CHALLENGE GARIBALDI BOWL TEXAS A&M - GALVESTON, HOSTED BY TEXAS SEA GRANT UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

Regional Coordinator: Ms. Julie Massey Regional Coordinator: Dr. Jennifer Prairie

ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, CANYON CREST HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) is a public high school in San Diego that is located only 2 miles from the ocean. We are a self-study team, participating Likely the second ever team to represent Arkansas at the Finals Competition, in NOSB for fun. We love learning about the ocean and all its inhabitants! ASMSA is proud to hail from a state classified as coastal a mere 50 Cynthia, Martin, and Allen are seniors at CCA who are trying to survive million years ago. Coach Dr. Lindsey Waddell teaches courses in geology, their final months in high school. Cynthia plans to major in computer environmental science, chemistry, and oceanography, and has been an science, Allen is going to be an applied math major, and Martin intends to Ocean Bowl coach for seven years. Team members are Rachel Blocker, major in bioengineering. Catherine is a junior, and she likes fish…like a lot. Alison Follmer, Emily Smith, Luke Nester, and Emily Sullivan. Rachel recently She also likes rocks... What an interesting pair! Mason is a freshman who swam with whale sharks while studying ecology in Baja, Mexico, and aspires to be a garibaldi whisperer. Alison plans to study marine biology at the University of South Carolina. Emily Smith plans to continue studying environmental science at ASMSA and hopes to major in chemistry in college. Luke frequently suffers burns for the sake of his research on the rare Darwinulid ostracods (look it up) of Hot Springs National Park. Emily Sullivan studied reef recovery in Belize and plans to continue her studies at the University of Southern Mississippi.

20 GREAT LAKES BOWL HURRICANE BOWL UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, AND ENVIRONMENT, MICHIGAN SEA GRANT GULF COAST RESEARCH LAB, MARINE EDUCATION CENTER Regional Coordinators: Ms. Elyse Larsen, Mr. Kevin Keeler, Ms. Madeline Parks Regional Coordinators: Mr. Aaron Lamey, Mr. Sam Clardy, Ms. Erin Douglas

TROY HIGH SCHOOL OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL The Troy High team is a paradigm for competitive spirit. Led by Jeff Moore, a beloved chemistry teacher at the school, the team focuses on bonding Captain YungJeel and team members Edmund, Bach, Kareem, and in order to develop an incredibly strong, near telepathic, connection. This Mohamed are an avid part of the Mrs. Puff’s Boating School. They continue has enabled the team, made up of members Pratham Soni, Matthew Dong, to search for the individual who lives in a pineapple under the sea, 24/7. Allan Zhao, Carol Zhang, and Jasmine Wu, to transcend the Great Lakes Ya better kneel to captain YungJeel, the man of steel, his beard is so surreal, Bowl and qualify for the National Finals. Although located in a prime and he steals questions so fast it’s just unreal. Edmund is a hawk, solid as location for hands-on oceanographic study, the team members have opted a rock, always beats the clock and is smart as Barack. Watch your back to consume textbooks in preparation for the competition due to their fear of ‘cause Bach is back! He can comeback fast like the Flash so watch out for water and inability to swim. As fickle teenagers, no team member has their the backlash. No one’s got more cream than our beloved Lil’ Reem; he’s heart set on a definite career path; however, through participation in the what makes our dream team so extreme. Mohamed the king loves buffalo NOSB, we all hope to make great impacts in preserving the ocean and the wings; don’t mess with him or he’ll go kazing and sting. Coach Rob is the vast wildlife it contains. best, blessed, and impressed; for us five with no zest somehow managed to progress.

21 LAKE STURGEON BOWL LOS ANGELES SURF BOWL UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE - JET PROPULSION LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FRESHWATER SCIENCES Regional Coordinator: Ms. Elizabeth Sutton Regional Coordinator: Ms. Kimberly Lievense

LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL

The Ladue Horton Watkins High School Ocean Bowl team from St. Louis, Ingo Gaida has coached the Santa Monica Ocean Bowl team since 2002, Missouri was formed in 2017 and is coached by captain and junior earning the clout and respected title of Thanos among the beachmasters. Christopher Ye. He and his teammates sophomores Eric Yin, Jason Xu, and Team captain and senior beachmaster Derek Wen lives to see the coveted Jason Ding are avid STEM competition participants. They are excited to blobfish. Marine geologist Ryan Chien’s life consists of only two passions: attend their first NOSB National Finals. The team is passionate for ocean cracking gneiss rock puns and serenading Samohi’s student body every sciences because of how interdisciplinary the subject is, incorporating topics morning on the PA. Many think that bio and phys are what carry the game, from ecosystem interactions to physical calculations. Their favorite NOSB but Donny “beachmasta” Sanders knows that social is the real carry. With memories are of gathering after school to practice buzzing, celebrating a plethora of knowledge about oceanography and memes, Donny plans to three close birthdays with blue cookie cake, and performing dangerously drift through the comp like Nansen. Ireland Neville, junior beachmaster, is a quick interrupts. The team’s favorite animal is a Ramora, an intelligent, proud member of the Chien Dynasty who loves poriferan cell specialization. powerful, and legendary hybrid between the Ladue mascot ram and the He hopes to one day swim alongside Ingo Gaida when he witnesses his first suckerfish remora. Wei Ye and all of the other team parents have provided wild Mitsukurina owstoni. Teddy Berger is a sophomore bull who loves track the four members with endless support. and marine biology. He hopes to one day become beachmaster.

22 MANATEE BOWL NOR’EASTER BOWL FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY – UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE Regional Coordinator: Dr. Dennis Hanisak Regional Coordinator: Ms. Leah Bymers

VIERA HIGH SCHOOL BELFAST AREA HIGH SCHOOL

Morgan Woodard formed the Viera High School Ocean Bowl team nine For the last 10 years, Belfast Area High School’s Ocean Sciences Bowl years ago with the help of her assistant coach and mother, Debbie Tweedie. team coach David Thomas and students have been pursuing the elusive Alumnus Oscar Sang helped coach this year. Team members are Captain Nor’easter Bowl victory. This year’s team, skippered by Quinnten Silveira- Dani Dowgiallo, J Ungos, Katelyn Palmer, Jojo Campbell, and Aleena Charbonnier and including first mates Wyatt Ford, Brendan Moline, and Arguil. This is the school’s third consecutive year at Nationals but first for Logan McHaney, finally won. All team members have an avid interest the B team. They became interested in marine science because of their close in the marine environment, stemming from Mr. Thomas’s environmental proximity to the coast. The team loves Chondrichthyes and Cephalopods! science and marine studies classes as well as living in a coastal town on Dani plans to study marine science at Nova Southeastern and J plans to the Penobscot Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The same team also competes in study environmental sustainability at University of Utah. Aleena plans to other science-related competitions including the Envirothon and Science study marine science. Jojo and Katelyn are juniors. Jojo wants to go into Olympiad. Quinnten plans to study sustainable urban development, while engineering, and Katelyn plans to study biology. Dani and Katelyn are Wyatt would like to study molecular biology. Brendan seeks a degree in scholar student athletes, and J, Aleena, and Jojo are involved with music. pharmaceuticals and Logan a degree in engineering. Ironically, the team’s Among their favorite memories is the annual Key Largo trip. favorite marine organisms include the spotted eagle ray and the Atlantic walrus, neither of which inhabit the Gulf of Maine.

23 ORCA BOWL PENGUIN BOWL WASHINGTON SEA GRANT, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY

Regional Coordinator: Ms. Maile Sullivan Regional Coordinators: Dr. Felicia Armstrong, Ms. Margie Marks

NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Newport High School is thrilled to represent the Orca Bowl for the second The Centerville High School Bone-Eating Snot Flowers are excited to year in a row. Newport has been competing in the Orca Bowl for five years participate in the 2019 NOSB National Finals! Coming from Centerville, and the club keeps growing in size, spreading enthusiasm for the ocean. Ohio, they practice under the guidance of Mr. Jim Simpson, Mrs. Penny Senior Captain Isabella Nguyen has been a part of the team for all four Manfredi, and Mrs. Beth Cahill. Across the team, there’s a wide range of years of high school. She plans on majoring in computer science, at a yet- interests. Olivia has an intense love of meteorology and a bubbly personality. to-be-determined (and lucky) university. Three juniors make up the rest of Maggie stays up to date on the latest happenings of the ocean and keeps our competing team: Isha Sangani, Caroline Wu, and Sophie Wu have a level head for the team. Anita is passionate for anything living, especially all been a part of the club throughout their high school careers. Missing is the quirky creatures of the sea. William has a deep understanding and sophomore Joanne Lee. Coach Megan Gray is thrilled this team has done passion for Earth science and how it relates to the world’s ocean. To round so well and is supported at Nationals by Dr. Margee Will, who recently out the team, Auggie brings an intense knowledge and love of geography joined the NHS teaching staff. and history. Although they are far from any major body of water, the competitors, fueled by various documentaries and illustrated textbooks, keep a keen interest for the ocean.

24 QUAHOG BOWL SALMON BOWL CONNECTICUT SEA GRANT, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Regional Coordinator: Dr. Diana Payne Regional Coordinators: Ms. Anja Sjostrom, Mr. Andy Teahan

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAGNET OREGON COAST AQUARIUM HIGH SCHOOL OF SOUTHEASTERN This is the fourth year for the Aquarium Salmon Bowl team and this time we CONNECTICUT are getting nerdier! Nerdi Nautili is the name and ocean bowl is the game. When we are not spending time on our team yachts, we’re enjoying a NS This is Science and Tech Magnet High School’s first year qualifying for the RAINIER day on the ACE YAQUINA. Our team is Genevieve “Cetaceans NOSB National competition! The team includes Derek Raymond, Alexander are my Jim (Halpert)” Coblentz-Strong, Abbey “faster draw than a pistol Matthews, AidanDesjardins, Michael Reilly, and Christopher Bowens. shrimp” DuBois, Noah “loves endothermal blood” King-Groh, Jeremy “my Coached by Charles Mulligan, they are ecstatic to go to Washington, D.C. name really is Jeremy” Schaffer, and Noah “lankier than a Japanese Spider ,and compete at a higher level than ever before. They share a common Crab” Goodwin-Rice. Shout out to our “new fish” team who put up with our passion for the the ocean and the life that inhabits it. Some of their favorite shenanigans this fall and our coaches who are constantly trying to stay two marine species include the whale shark and giant sea slug! The team steps ahead. If only we could focus enough to get this silly bio done, we was brought together by last year’s captain Tessa Rock as a B-team; this could practice. We swear it’s the truth, we’re Nerdi (Not-A-Lie). year they were promoted to the primary and hope to do her proud on the national stage. This fall, Christopher will be attending Embry Riddle for aeronautical engineering and Aidan will be attending Trinity College Dublin for biomedical science. Derek, Alex, and Michael are all juniors and hope to compete again next year!

25 SEA LION BOWL SHORE BOWL CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MONTEREY BAY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MARINE AND COASTAL SCIENCE Regional Coordinators: Dr. Corey Garza, Dr. Laura Good Regional Coordinator: Ms. Rachael Saccatelli

ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL MARINE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A warm wind blows across a mossy shore. Winter foliage shifts towards a spring green. A town called Albany begins to thaw from its cold hibernation. Liza Baskin and Clare Ng have been coaching the NOSB team for the A creaking door swings open on a long-forgotten building. Light streams past 13 years. Courses taught by the coaches include oceanography, into a room bereft of it for ages. Five forms begin to stir in the darkness. A environmental science, sustainable society, marine research, and marine slight rustling, yet it sends great shivers through the world’s core. biology. Yaseen Zaky plans to attend Rutgers University and hopes to “Maria, Ruby, Evan, James, Nathan… it is time.” The words come as a focus on ecological sciences. His favorite organism is the leafy seadragon. whisper yet boom and echo impossibly. “We are called”, they say as one, Shaena Harasty plans to attend the University of Maryland to study physics. “we are called, and we serve.” Her favorite organism is the dumbo octopus. Ryan McCarthy plans to attend the University of Oregon for marine biology. His favorite organism is the The warm wind continues past, blowing the long path to the capital, where green sea turtle. Jacob Sorrentino is interested in environmental law and men march from far off lands to prepare for the great war of ocean science. plans to attend University of Vermont to major in environmental science. Mere dozens will survive the journey, and but one will reign when the dust His favorite marine organism is the Humboldt squid. Tyler Polon is currently has settled. a junior and is interested in studying marine environmental science at the Albany is coming. Coast Guard Academy, and his favorite organism is the whale shark.

26 SOUTHERN STINGRAY BOWL SPOONBILL BOWL SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, COLLEGE OF MARINE SCIENCE

Regional Coordinators: Dr. Dionne Hoskins, Dr. Victoria Young Regional Coordinators: Dr. Teresa Greely, Dr. Angela Lodge

ROCKDALE MAGNET SCHOOL FOR ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Competing in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl has been a tradition at the Academy of Environmental Science, which is why most members join Diana Kennen has coached an Ocean Science Bowl team from the Rockdale the team. Ward Cooper, a Navy veteran and science teacher, has been an Magnet School in Conyers, Georgia for the last seven years. Participation academic coach for five years. Team Captain Charles McKee, and team in NOSB led to the development of an oceanography course at her school. members David Laplante, Hannah Ronk, Kendall Barker, and Sierra Creasy Her team members are Shivam Vohra, Jose Macias, Daniel Luu, Sydney all received their first taste of the marine sciences through his comprehensive Moodie, and Hector Aguirre. They are excited to be attending their first courses. Thanks to Cooper’s instruction, the team members discovered national Finals Competition. The best part about NOSB for these students is their favorite aspects of marine science, usually biological aspects. Kendall the chance to collaborate and work as a team to study ocean science both and Charles are focused on a future in biology, with specific interest in at school and in the field. Jose is a graduating senior and wants to study turtles and birds respectively. Despite being competitors in the NOSB, team law. Shivam and Daniel are both interested in becoming engineers. Sydney members David and Sierra want to study cinematography and aerospace would like to study forensics in college, and Hector wants to become a engineering. Team member Hannah Ronk just loves it all. The team gets doctor. together once every week to test and improve their knowledge and prowess on the buzzers. The team members treasure the memories from the Regional Spoonbill Bowl and are even more excited about this year’s nationals in our nation’s capital.

27 TROUT BOWL TSUNAMI BOWL UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS - SEWARD MARINE CENTER

Regional Coordinators: Ms. Amanda Morton, Ms. Renee Curry Regional Coordinators: Ms. Jenn Elhard, Ms. Sarah Walters

LIBERTY COMMON HIGH SCHOOL KETCHIKAN HIGH SCHOOL

We, the Liberty Common Ocean Bowl team, are from Fort Collins, Colorado. Julie Landwehr has coached Ketchikan High’s Ocean Sciences Bowl team We are the closest team to the North American pole of inaccessibility, if that for nine years. Our school offers comprehensive marine biology and matters. Mrs. Elder is our beloved coach who loves to correct pronunciation oceanography classes based in our Alaskan coastal environment, so it just and teach the wacky teammates: Adrian, Elizabeth, Jalynn, Robert, and made sense to include NOSB. This year’s team members are Anne Coss, Simon. We all plan to go into STEM fields. Some obsessions we have are Remi Howe, Talisa McKinley, Caity Pearson, and Laura Sherrill. Caity and manatees, kelp forests, mantis shrimp, coral reefs, and of course axolotls. Laura are three-year members, Anne and Talisa are two-year members, Not being marine in any way, the Axolotl is the team’s worshipped mascot. and this is Remi’s first year. The team is very excited to represent Alaska at He is named Archy, short for Archimedes, and started his life as a two- nationals and hopes to meet interesting students from all over the country. dimensional creature on a piece of scratch paper provided by the Trout The team members’ career interests include welder, avian veterinarian, Bowl. He was then found tranquilized in the forests of Amazon.com as a forensic scientist, and ER physician. All members are passionate about the three-dimensional plush toy, which we bought. Now, despite accusations ocean for recreation and study. Laura loves Mola mola and Anne loves all of starting a deadly pandemic, he hopes to someday reach the fourth birds. Caity and Laura are kayak guides and lifeguards, and along with dimension. Anne are on our school’s swim team.

28 THANK YOU National Question Reviewers

The NOSB would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to all of our National Finals Competition question reviewers for their time, effort, and dedication to high quality NOSB questions.

Dara Cadden – Naval Oceanographic Office Shirley Chu – Consortium for Ocean Leadership Alex Draper – Georgia Institute of Technology Katherine Fillingham – Consortium for Ocean Leadership Leah Gaines – Arizona State University Ari Gerstman – University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Brady Hall – Virginia Tech Caine Jette – Microsoft Corporation Abigail Johnson – Georgia Institute of Technology Jim Lubner – University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Charna Meth – Southeastern Universities Research Association Amanda Morton – Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Joanna Peth – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Rick Rigazio George Sharman – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ned Smith – FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Wayne Sternberger – Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory Gene Williamson Bill Wise – New York Sea Grant Britta Voss – American Association for the Advancement of Science

We also would like to extend a THANK YOU to the many volunteer reviewers at the regional level who assist us each and every year!

For the 22nd year, the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL) is proud to hold yet another successful National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) competition season. We congratulate all the future ocean leaders who participated this season and hope to see more of them in the years to come! Learn more about us and stay engaged with COL and NOSB long after your days of buzzer-beating are over. Go to oceanleadership.org to learn more about our advocacy and program management work, and stay connected with COL and NOSB by subscribing to Ocean News Weekly. National Academy of Sciences – Keck Center 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001

FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2 The Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that represents the leading public and private ocean research education institutions, aquaria, and industry with the mission to shape the future of ocean science and technology. In addition to its advocacy role as the voice of the ocean research and technology community, COL manages a variety of community-wide research and education programs in areas of ocean observing, ocean exploration, and ocean partnerships.

Consortium for Ocean Leadership’s Mission Ocean Leadership shapes the future of ocean science and technology through discovery, understanding and action. We provide expertise in managing, coordinating, and facilitating scientific programs and partnerships; influencing sound ocean policy; and educating the next generation of ocean leaders.

Consortium for Ocean Leadership’s Vision Our vision is a global society that views its own well-being as intimately connected to the ocean. www.oceanleadership.org

NOSB’s Mission The mission of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl® (NOSB) is to prepare the next generation of students for careers in ocean science by providing an educational forum for students to excel in math and science, as well as receive national recognition for their diligence and talents. NOSB has proven that it can generate student interest and excitement about science and the ocean, giving young people a chance to examine the marine sciences as an in-depth area of study and as a possible career. Science • Competition • Stewardship Inspiring Tomorrow’s Ocean Leaders www.nosb.org A program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership