2010 Alaska Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Schedule of Events
February 4 –7, 2010, Seward, Alaska
Thursday, 4 February 2010 |
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| 4:00 – 9:00 p.m. | Check-in and optional practice at the Seward Marine Center's K.M. Rae Marine Education Building, 125 Third Avenue |
Friday, 5 February 2010All oral presentations are open to the public |
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| 6:00 – 7:45 a.m. | Breakfast at Breeze Inn for NOSB teams & out-of-town volunteers |
| 6:30 a.m. | Doors open at Seward High School, 2100 Swetman Avenue |
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Final team check-in |
| 8:15 a.m. | Welcome and introductions |
| 8:45 a.m. | Oral presentations by students begin |
| 8:45 a.m. | Kodiak: Weapons of Bass Destruction "Effects of Polar Ice Melt on Ocean Chemistry and Kodiak Island's Economy and Energy Technology" |
| 9:15 a.m. | South Anchorage: Team Starfish "Productivity and Sea Ice Decline in the Arctic Ocean" |
| 9:45 a.m. | Mat-Su Career Tech: Fightoplankton "Devastating Effect of Arctic Ice on the Village of Newtok" |
| 10:15 a.m. | 20-minute break and snacks |
| 10:35 a.m. | Unalaska: B.E.A.N. "The Impact of Receding Sea Ice on the Unalaska Snow Crab Industry" |
| 11:05 a.m. | Juneau-Douglas: Team Soaladaobs "Impacts of Climate Change on Sea Ice and Bering Sea Primary Production" |
| 11:35 a.m. | Wasilla: Mollusca Cephalopoda Nautilidae "Problems facing the Alaskan Coastal Community of Shishmaref as a Direct Result of Retreating and Thinning Arctic Ice Cap" |
| 12:05 p.m. | Lunch in cafeteria |
| 1:30 p.m. | Juneau-Douglas: Team Hot Tropic "Managing Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Opilio Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Fisheries under Changing Climatic Conditions" |
| 2:00 p.m. | Mountain Village: Juvenile Gannets "Shrinking Ice and Impact on Polar Bears" |
| 2:30 p.m. | Eagle River: Team Mobulidae "Upon Thin Ice (Problems facing Barrow, Alaska, as a Direct Result of a Retreating and Thinning Arctic Ice Cap)" |
| 3:00 p.m. | 20-minute break and snacks |
| 3:20 p.m. | Unalaska: The Pelagic Surimi Bombers "The Impact of Sea Ice on the Unalaska Pollock Fishery" |
| 3:50 p.m. | Mountain Village: Sea Lions "Shrinking Ice and its Perceived Effects on the Subsistence Sources of Mountain Village, Alaska" |
| 4:10 p.m. | 20-minute break and snacks |
| 4:30 p.m. | Petersburg: W.O.A.A. "Possible Effects of Freshwater Inputs from Melting Icefields on the Marine Ecosystem of Petersburg, Alaska" |
| 5:00 p.m. | Mat-Su Career Tech: Mat-Tsunami "Tough Times for Wainwright" |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner at St. Peters Episcopal Church |
| 7:00 p.m. | Coaches' meeting: topic for 2011, competition format, etc. |
Saturday, 6 February 2010All oral presentations, quiz matches, and art show are open to the public |
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| 6:30 – 7:45 a.m. | Breakfast at Seward High School for NOSB teams & out-of-town volunteers |
| 6:30 a.m. | Doors open at Seward High School, 2100 Swetman Avenue |
| 7:45 a.m. | Officials' meeting in library at Seward High School |
| 8:00 a.m. | Announcements |
| 8:15 a.m. | Oral presentations continue |
| 8:15 a.m. | Kotzebue: Muktuk Mafia "The Effects of Global Warming on Shipping" |
| 8:45 a.m. | Seward: Perusing Picnopodia "The Effects of Receding Sea Ice on Point Hope" |
| 9:15 a.m. | Cordova: Notorious Dawgsharks "Shrinking Sea Ice, Growing Risk" |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break—snacks in music room |
| 10:00 a.m. | Announcements and rules review in auditorium |
| 10:30 a.m. | Round 1 (RR-1) |
| 11:10 a.m. | Round 2 (RR-2) |
| 11:50 a.m. | Round 3 (RR-3) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch at Seward High School for NOSB teams and volunteers |
| 1:30 p.m. | Round 4 (RR-4) |
| 2:10 p.m. | Round 5 (RR-5) |
| 2:50 p.m. | Round 6 (RR-6) |
| 3:30 p.m. | Break—snacks in music room |
| 3:45 p.m. | Round 7 (RR-7) |
| 4:25 p.m. | Round 8 (RR-8) |
| 5:05 p.m. | Round 9 (RR-9) |
| 5:45 p.m. | Round 10 (RR-10) |
| 5:45 p.m. | Dinner at Seward High School for NOSB teams and volunteers |
| 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. | NOSB Art Show, "Ocean Connection"—opening reception and award presentation at the Alaska SeaLife Center lobby. Open to the public. |
Sunday, 7 February 2010All quiz rounds and the awards ceremony are open to the public |
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| 6:00 – 7:45 a.m. | Breakfast at Breeze Inn for NOSB teams & out-of-town volunteers |
| 6:30 a.m. | Doors open at Seward High School, 2100 Swetman Avenue |
| 8:30 a.m. | Announcements and quiz competition resumes |
| 9:00 a.m. | Round 11 (DE-1) |
| 9:45 a.m. | Round 12 (DE-2) |
| 10:30 a.m. | Round 13 (DE-3) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Round 14 (DE-4)—Championship round, Seward High School Auditorium |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch at Seward High School for NOSB teams and volunteers |
| 1:00 p.m. | Awards ceremony, Seward High School Auditorum—open to the public |
