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may buzz in at any time after the category has been read—there is no need to wait for the moderator to finish. However, there is a penalty for interrupting the moderator and giving an incorrect answer. After buzzing in, a student must wait for an official to verbally recognize them by saying their team and number; otherwise it is considered a blurt, resulting in the answer being ignored and the team being disqualified from answering the toss-up. Upon recognition, the student must give their response within a natural pause (up to 2 seconds); otherwise it is considered a stall and ruled incorrect. If a student buzzes in and answers incorrectly, that student's team may not buzz in again on that question, and the opposing team (if still eligible to answer) gets another 5 seconds to buzz in. Quiet nonverbal communication (e.g. in writing or by hand signals) among team members is allowed on toss-ups, but audible communication or mouthing words is not permitted and will disqualify the team from answering the toss-up.
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National Finals, each round consists of 25 questions. The match is over when all the toss-up questions have been read (and any bonuses related to correctly answered toss-ups), or after two halves have elapsed, whichever occurs first. The team with the most points at this time is the winner. At the regional level, all matches consist of two 8-minute halves, separated by a 2-minute break. At the national level for middle schools, all matches consist of two 10-minute halves. For high schools, all round robin and some double elimination matches consist of two 10-minute halves, with the final rounds consisting of two 12-minute halves to accommodate the longer visual bonus questions. A toss-up/bonus cycle that is begun before time expires in a half will be finished under the usual rules before the half ends. A question officially begins once its subject area is completely read.
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finishes reading for a student to raise their hand and give an answer on the bonus. If the team misses the toss-up, the bonus is not read. Toss-ups and bonuses may be answered by any of the 4 or 5 team members. Communication of any kind (verbal, via the Zoom chat, or nonverbal) is allowed on both toss-ups and bonuses. There are no penalties for interrupting (but also no reason to interrupt since all the toss-ups would be read in their entirety) or blurting (although the player will be verbally recognized after raising their hand). The rest of the rules, including the point values for toss-ups and bonuses, are the same as the in-person competitions.
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the teams with the highest totals advance to the elimination rounds. Each regional competition can choose whether to advance 8, 16, 24, or 32 teams to the elimination rounds. During the elimination rounds, only the score for the current round is used to determine the teams advancing to the next round—the scores from the previous rounds are irrelevant. The number of teams left after each elimination round will go in the following order: 24, 16, 8, 4, 2, and finally 1, beginning with the appropriate number based on how many teams initially advanced from the preliminaries.
315:(or a blurt or audible communication from the interrupting team occurs), then 4 points are awarded to the opposing team, and the question is re-read in its entirety so that the opposing team has an opportunity to buzz in. Should the opposing team interrupt during the rereading of the question and subsequently incur a penalty as in the previous rule, then 4 points are added to the first team's score, and the moderator proceeds to the next toss-up question.
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that are permitted to send two teams to the national competition. The two super regionals are the Kansas/Missouri
Regional High School Science Bowl and the Connecticut/Northeast Regional High School Science Bowl (The Northeast Regional includes Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and parts of New York).
416:. Seeding continued in the 2007 tournament: teams that won their pool were paired against teams that placed second in theirs. Unlike in the round-robin, a match in double-elimination cannot be tied. If a match is tied at the end of regulation, overtime periods of five toss-ups each are played until the tie is broken.
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bonus question, there is no need to buzz in to answer it. After the moderator finishes reading the question, the team has 20 seconds to answer. The timekeeper will give a 5-second warning when 5 seconds remain. Conferring between team members is permitted, but the team captain must give the team's final answer.
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Challenges may be made either to scientific content or the administration of rules. They may not be made to judgment calls by the officials, such as whether a buzz was an interrupt, whether 20 seconds have passed before beginning to answer a bonus, or whether a stall or blurt has happened. Challenges
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Every match begins with a toss-up question. The moderator announces the subject of the question (see "Subject Areas" above), as well as its type (Multiple Choice or Short Answer). Once the moderator completes the reading of the question, students have 5 seconds to buzz in and give an answer. Students
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Starting in 2020, 32 teams advance to the double elimination stage. Prior to 2020, approximately 16 teams advanced from the round-robin (depending on the number of round robin groups). In 2006, the teams were seeded into a single-elimination tournament based on their preliminary round-robin results.
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groups of eight or nine teams each for high school and six teams each for middle school. Every team plays every other team in its group once, receiving 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, or 0 points for a loss. If a team's opponent has not arrived, that team can practice instead. The rules still
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Teams do not play head-to-head matches in the virtual competition. Instead, each team is placed in their own Zoom room and competing against all the other teams in the tournament. Each competition begins with two or three preliminary rounds, in which the teams' scores in the rounds are added up, and
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Challenges must be made before the moderator begins reading the next question, or 3 seconds after the last question of the half or game. Only the 4 actively competing members may challenge. The fifth team member, coach, and others associated with a team may not become involved in challenges or their
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Typically, any school that meets the eligibility requirements of the
National Science Bowl is permitted to register for its regional competition according to its geographic location. No school may compete in multiple regionals. In addition, most regional competitions permit schools to register up to
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Two teams compete against each other in each match. Each team member is given a number A1, A Captain, A2, A3, B1, B Captain, B2, B3, according to the position each student sits in. In regional competitions, each round consists of 23 questions (that is, 23 toss-ups and 23 corresponding bonuses). At
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Science Bowl competition is invited to participate in the National Science Bowl finals in Washington, D.C., with all expenses paid. As of 2018, there were 65 high school regionals and 48 middle school regionals. These figures include the two "super regional" sites
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If a student answers a toss-up question correctly, that student's team receives a bonus question. The bonus question is always in the same category as the corresponding toss-up question, though it may not always relate to the toss-up question. Since only one team has the opportunity to answer the
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This section first lists the rules for in-person competitions, and finishes with the rules for virtual competitions. The national competition follows all the rules for the in-person competitions. Most in-person regional competitions use the same rules, but they may request to use different rules.
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An answer given by a student is ruled correct or incorrect by the moderator. On short answer questions, if the answer given differs from the official one, the moderator uses his or her judgment to make a ruling (which is subject to a challenge by the competitors). On multiple choice questions,
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During each round, the teams are read the same series of 18 toss-up/bonus cycles. There is no game clock. Teams have 7 seconds after the moderator finishes reading for a student to raise their hand and give an answer on a toss-up, and if answered correctly, have 22 seconds after the moderator
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If two teams are still tied, the two teams compete head-to-head, receiving five toss-up questions at 4 points for each correct answer (no bonus questions are used). All the usual toss-up rules are in effect, including the interrupt penalty. The team with the higher score wins the
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If more than two teams are still tied, each team is placed in a separate room and is read five toss-up questions. Each team's score is determined by the number of questions answered correctly minus the number answered incorrectly. The team(s) with the highest score(s) win(s) the
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Visual bonuses were introduced in 2003. They are only included in the final elimination rounds. The team has 30 seconds to answer a question with the aid of a visual displayed on a monitor (for the final matches) or on a distributed worksheet (for earlier elimination matches).
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was dropped from the list in late 2002. Current Events was in the 2005 competition, but did not make a return. General
Science was dropped and Astronomy was merged with Earth Science to create Earth and Space Science in 2011.
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A team consists of 4 or 5 students from a single school. Only 4 students play at any one time, while the 5th is designated as the alternate. Substitutions and switching captains may occur at halftime and between rounds.
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The same rules apply to the judging of responses to bonus questions as apply to responses to toss-up questions. Once the team's answer has been ruled right or wrong, the moderator proceeds to the next toss-up question.
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For the middle school teams, the DOE also sponsored a car competition challenging competitors to construct a car capable of attaining high speeds. They are powered through alternative energy sources such as hydrogen
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The head-to-head record of all the tied teams is compared. If this separates a group of two or more teams from the rest of the tied teams, the head-to-head record will be reapplied in the smaller group.
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apply, though any win or loss is not counted. In previous years, the top two teams from each group advanced to the double-elimination stage. Starting in 2020, four teams from each group will advance.
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In the event that two or more teams are tied for one of the top spots in a division, the result of the
Division Team Challenge (DTC) is used as a tiebreak. This method is only used for high schools.
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This section is concerned with the format of the national competition only. As is the case with competition rules, the competition format varies greatly among the different regional competitions.
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In previous years, a team's position in the double-elimination tournament was determined by random draw; teams were not seeded in any way. The competition then proceeded (in 2006) like a typical
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discussion. However, beginning in 2020, anyone in the competition room can make the officials aware of scoring or clock management errors, these are known as corrections rather than challenges.
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to scientific content are limited to 2 unsuccessful challenges per round. Successful challenges do not count against this limit. Each team has unlimited challenges to administration of rules.
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The top 16 middle and high schools earn a check for their school's science departments. As of 2024, the top 16 schools receive $ 1,000 and the top 2 schools receive $ 5,000.
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Virtual regional competitions must use the rules set for virtual competitions.
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Annual science competition held in the United States of America
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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
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172:similar to those seen on popular television
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188:Questions are asked in the categories of
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734:Greater Boston Science & Math
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178:United States Department of Energy
132:United States Department of Energy
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1977:Miami Palmetto Senior High School
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1540:Regis High School (New York City)
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2005:A&M Consolidated High School
923:Daniel Wright Junior High School
622:Daniel Wright Junior High School
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720:Academy for Science and Design
715:Roberto Clemente Middle School
552:The Davidson Academy of Nevada
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332:Rules for Virtual Competitions
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2073:Taylor Allderdice High School
977:College Station Middle School
940:St. Andrew's Episcopal School
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710:Fort Settlement Middle School
700:Fort Settlement Middle School
642:Windemere Ranch Middle School
602:Wisconsin Hills Middle School
567:Wisconsin Hills Middle School
527:Minnetonka East Middle School
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180:since its inception in 1991.
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2111:Mission San Jose High School
2025:Montgomery Blair High School
1957:Mission San Jose High School
1871:East Chapel Hill High School
1669:Montgomery Blair High School
1429:Montgomery Blair High School
1401:Dougherty Valley High School
1237:Dougherty Valley High School
1209:Dougherty Valley High School
1199:Naperville North High School
1171:Montgomery Blair High School
1151:Mission San Jose High School
956:Ronald McNair Magnet School
687:Joaquin Miller Middle School
662:Joaquin Miller Middle School
617:Joaquin Miller Middle School
547:Joaquin Miller Middle School
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2139:North Hollywood High School
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1875:Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1865:State College, Pennsylvania
1731:North Hollywood, California
1727:North Hollywood High School
1625:North Hollywood, California
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1343:North Hollywood High School
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1305:North Hollywood High School
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647:Rachel Carson Middle School
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855:Jonas Clarke Middle School
850:Hopkins Junior High School
835:Hopkins Junior High School
816:Van Antwerp Middle School
812:Hopkins Junior High School
779:Hopkins Junior High School
764:Hopkins Junior High School
725:Hopkins Junior High School
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672:Quail Valley Middle School
612:Jonas Clarke Middle School
592:Jonas Clarke Middle School
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517:Jonas Clarke Middle School
512:BASIS Independent Bellevue
492:Hopkins Junior High School
487:BASIS Independent Bellevue
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1645:Morgantown, West Virginia
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1785:Santa Monica High School
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1615:Lexington, Massachusetts
1587:Lexington, Massachusetts
1463:Lexington, Massachusetts
1385:Lexington, Massachusetts
1337:Lexington, Massachusetts
1097:Lexington, Massachusetts
1049:Lexington, Massachusetts
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901:Longfellow Middle School
830:Gale Ranch Middle School
802:Gale Ranch Middle School
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2187:Los Angeles, California
2165:Silver Spring, Maryland
2053:Centerville High School
2029:Silver Spring, Maryland
1673:Silver Spring, Maryland
1497:E. O. Smith High School
1433:Silver Spring, Maryland
1175:Silver Spring, Maryland
1127:Raleigh, North Carolina
1113:The Westminster Schools
982:Roosevelt Middle School
754:Creekside Middle School
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2019:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2009:College Station, Texas
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1817:Sacramento, California
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1721:Sacramento, California
1711:Durham, North Carolina
1663:Sacramento, California
1641:Morgantown High School
1635:Sacramento, California
1593:University High School
1577:Durham, North Carolina
1567:Sacramento, California
1549:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1529:Sacramento, California
1481:Sacramento, California
1415:Sacramento, California
1367:Sacramento, California
1251:Sacramento, California
1161:Tesla STEM High School
1103:University High School
1065:University High School
998:Samford Middle School
840:Marshall Middle School
745:Science Infinity Club
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42:considered for merging
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1813:Mira Loma High School
1775:Oak Ridge High School
1765:Lexington High School
1755:Mira Loma High School
1717:Mira Loma High School
1659:Mira Loma High School
1631:Mira Loma High School
1611:Lexington High School
1583:Lexington High School
1563:Mira Loma High School
1525:Mira Loma High School
1477:Mira Loma High School
1459:Lexington High School
1411:Mira Loma High School
1405:San Ramon, California
1381:Lexington High School
1363:Mira Loma High School
1333:Lexington High School
1247:Mira Loma High School
1241:San Ramon, California
1213:San Ramon, California
1093:Lexington High School
1045:Lexington High School
945:Lincoln Middle School
807:Shahala Middle School
737:JDroids Science Club
587:Preston Middle School
502:Glasgow Middle School
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162:knowledge competition
150:National Science Bowl
51:National Science Bowl
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2209:Van Nuys, California
2205:Van Nuys High School
2154:Louisville, Kentucky
2121:Sycamore High School
2095:Alexandria, Virginia
2047:Alexandria, Virginia
1999:Alexandria, Virginia
1951:Alexandria, Virginia
1833:Fairview High School
1827:Alexandria, Virginia
1779:Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1491:Alexandria, Virginia
1449:Clements High School
1443:San Jose, California
1439:Lynbrook High School
1395:Alexandria, Virginia
1319:Alexandria, Virginia
1223:Gainesville, Florida
1219:Eastside High School
1203:Naperville, Illinois
1145:San Jose, California
1141:Lynbrook High School
1075:Clements High School
522:Miller Middle School
2249:Lubbock High School
2238:Lubbock High School
2115:Fremont, California
2101:Boulder High School
1961:Fremont, California
1741:Arcadia, California
1737:Arcadia High School
1511:Arcadia, California
1507:Arcadia High School
1501:Storrs, Connecticut
1353:Ardsley High School
1289:Plymouth, Minnesota
1285:Wayzata High School
1257:Lubbock High School
1165:Redmond, Washington
1155:Fremont, California
987:Albuquerque Academy
918:Albuquerque Academy
863:Albuquerque Academy
825:Albuquerque Academy
677:Ladue Middle School
597:Ladue Middle School
97:Annual (late April)
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2231:Albany, California
2227:Albany High School
2194:Venice High School
2183:Venice High School
2172:Valley High School
1981:Pinecrest, Florida
1933:Albany, California
1929:Albany High School
1885:Pinecrest, Florida
1851:Poudre High School
1693:New York, New York
1679:Sunset High School
1597:Irvine, California
1295:Dulles High School
1107:Irvine, California
1069:Irvine, California
897:Challenger School
872:Challenger School
859:Challenger School
667:Odle Middle School
652:Ames Middle School
637:Odle Middle School
572:Odle Middle School
537:Odle Middle School
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