Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Hosts
Regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl
 
More than 15 teams comprising around 85 students from area high schools competed in the 9th annual Ocean Sciences Bowl at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi on Saturday, Feb. 24. in the University Center.

Teams from Star Charter School of Austin took first and second place in a field of schools that competed in the 9th annual Ocean Sciences Bowl at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi on Saturday, Feb. 24 in the University Center. Third place went to the A team from Sabinal High School.

The Ocean Sciences Bowl is a national high school competition sponsored by the Consortium for Oceanic Research and Education (CORE), a Washington, D.C. based association of U.S. oceanographic research institutions, universities, laboratories, and aquaria that represents the nucleus of U.S. research and education about the ocean. The competition is designed to interest students in the ocean sciences as a college major and potential career.

The round-robin, double-elimination competition consisted of multiple-choice and short-answer questions within the scientific and technical disciplines used to study the oceans. The winning team will go on to compete against 24 other regional champions in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl Saturday, April 28 through Monday, April 30 in Stony Brook, N.Y.

Sponsors for this year’s regional competition were Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, the Center for Coastal Studies, the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, the Coastal Bays and Estuaries Program, the Gulf of Mexico Foundation and the Texas State Aquarium.