2015 Alaska Tsunami Teams
18th annual Alaska Region National Ocean Sciences BowlThe following high schools intend to compete in the 18th annual Alaska regional competition in Seward on February 6–8, 2015. This list is updated as schools file their intent-to-participate forms.The competition schedule is available online.
Asterisks (*) denote returning coaches and students. Multiple asterisks signify multiple previous years' participation. A times sign plus number means there were too many asterisks to count.
Names in bold were chosen by their teammates and coaches as the most valuable members of their teams.
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Perspicacious Dawgsharks Cordova Junior/Senior High School – Prince William Sound Science Center Katie Bailer** Cara Goodwin, coach, and Lance Westing,***** assistant coach Project: The Effects of Sea Ice Loss on Harp Seals [PDF; 307 KB] Bristol Bay Waves Dillingham High School [quiz only] Britney Dray Tara Kregar, coach Fairbanks Foraminifera Hutchison High School (Fairbanks) [quiz only] Mathias Capp Megan McCarthy**** and James Savereide,** coaches For All Intensive Porpoises Johnny Elliot** Ben Carney,x7 coach Project: Effects on Bivalves and Associated Ecology in the Chukchi Sea Due to Changing Sea Ice [PDF; 360 KB] Zoey and the Zoeae Derek Dzinich Ben Carney,x7 coach Project: The Effects of Sea Ice Reduction on the Subsistence of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) and Arctic Cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) [PDF; 500 KB] Saber-Toothed Salmon Micah Briola** Julie Landwehr,***** coach Project: Arctic Ice Melt and the Ivory Gull [PDF; 1.4 MB] The Arctic Asteroids Lars Bodnar* Switgard Duesterlohx6 and Jane Eisemann,**** coaches Project: A Sustainability Plan for the Arctic with a Focus on the Role of Diatoms [PDF; 2.3 MB] Virtual Sympagic Explorers Kotlik School (LYSD) Taezon Akaran Raphia Maglinao,x6 coach Project: Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) and The Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice [PDF; 1.3 MB] Alysha Owens Amy Mecher,* coach, and Adam Hrnicek, assistant coach Project: Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Its Effects on the Arctic Char and Ice Algae [PDF; 451 KB] |
Cthulhu Mat-Su Career & Technical High School (Wasilla) [quiz-only] Drake Ballais Tim Lundt,x6 coach Mat-Tsunamis Mat-Su Career & Technical High School (Wasilla) Joshua Hartman* Tim Lundt,x6 coach Project: Algal Populations as an Indicator of a Shifting Arctic Ecosystem [PDF; 598 KB] Albedo You Up Palmer High School [quiz only] Kimberly McDowell Cheryl Williams, coach Gallifreyan Gastropods Joey Giesbrecht Joni Johnson,x6 coach, and Sunny Rice,x6 assistant coach Project: The Effects of Declining Sea Ice on Narwhals [PDF; 504 KB] Eider Do or Don’t Kyle Hagerman*** Joni Johnson,x6 coach, and Sunny Rice,x6 assistant coach Project: Decreasing Arctic Sea Ice Through the Eyes of Spectacled Eiders [PDF; 782 KB] The Freedom Whales Harry Bill Max Rotenberry, coach, and Mary Cook, assistant coach Project: Melting Arctic Ice and its Possible Impacts on Humans [PDF; 610 KB] Sea Bears Jeremy Anderson Shoshannah Brasher,*** coach, and Benjamin Pister,* asssistant coach Project: Interactions of the Arctic Fox and Sea Ice in a Changing Arctic Ecosystem [PDF; 279 KB] Siphonophoric Swashriders South Anchorage High School [quiz only] Joyce Kim Chris Backstrum,**** coach Pollock Pastries Thunder Mountain High School (Juneau) Siena Hanna Brian Stoody,* coach Project: The Population of Pollock Under Climate Change as Determined by Age, Distribution, and Prey Energy Content [PDF; 397 KB] The Agleam Asteromphalus Brian Conwell David Gibson,*** coach, and Melissa Good,* assistant coach Project: The Effects of Sea Ice Volume on Algae in the Chukchi Sea [PDF; 508 KB] |
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One team per school is accepted, on a first-come, first-served basis, until October 1, 2014. As space is available after October 1, additional teams are accepted from schools already participating. |
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Additions, changes or corrections? Please notify Phyllis Shoemaker by email or call (907) 224-4312. | |
