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GLERL 2003 Milestone Reports
GLERL 2003 Milestone Home
GOAL 1: Protect, Restore and Manage Use of Ocean and Coastal Resources Through Ecosystem Management Approaches
OBJECTIVE A: Protect, Restore and Manage use of coastal, ocean and Great Lakes resources.
Specific Strategy: Engage, advise and inform managers, media and educational institutions in coastal and Great Lakes communities through technology transfer and education programs.
Milestone: Plan and conduct the Midwest Regional Competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) for teams of high school students in the Great Lakes Region. (M. Quigley, GLERL)
Scientist: Michael A. Quigley
Purpose: Inaugurated in 1998, the National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition provides an educational forum for students to excel in math and science and receive national recognition for their diligence and talents. NOSB has proven that it can generate student interest and excitement about science and the oceans, giving young people a chance to examine marine science, both as an in-depth area of study and as a possible career. The NOSB fosters collegiality and teamwork, competition, imaginative thinking and factual recollection. It also allows students to work side by side with experts in a wide variety of settings. Of equal importance, NOSB excites and inspires our nation's teachers, providing them with new tools to capture the imagination of their students.
2003 Midwest NOSB First Place finishers Port Hope High School with coach Elaine Biondo, NOSB coordinators Carole Fletcher and Mike Quigley (L), and Congressman John Dingell (R).
Efforts:
- Plan and coordinate the 2003 Midwest Regional Competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
- Recruit and train NOSB officials to coordinate the event
- Reserve rooms and make all arrangements supporting the event
- Setup and takedown all equipment required in the competition
- Publicize the event among high schools in the region and recruit teams
Customers: High School students with an interest in Great Lakes and ocean science and high school science teachers
Significance: It is critical that the Great Lakes and ocean science communities effectively recruit a next generation of highly skilled and dedicated researchers. One important objective of the NOSB is to get talented students to seriously consider pursuing a career in Great Lakes/ocean science.
Success: The Midwest Regional NOSB Competition was highly successful and featured 13 high school teams competing in the day-long event. Co-hosts for the event included GLERL, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, Michigan Sea Grant, University of Michigan College of Engineering, Altarum, USGS Great Lakes Science Center. Sponsors included Pfizer, Barry's Bagels, and Microtel/Holiday Inn. The event was coordinated by a team of 50 volunteers serving as moderators, science judges, timekeepers, scorekeepers, rules judges, runners, and in general support roles.
Next steps: Plans are now under way for hosting the next Midwest Regional Competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl to be held in February 2004.
Last updated: July 22, 2003 mbl