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Science Bowl champs advancing to national competition in D.C.

By Trevon MilliardLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
February 8, 2012 - 2:00 am
 

Below what temperature does natural gas become a liquid? What percent of water on Earth is fresh water?

These are the kinds of questions that five students of Advanced Technologies Academy, near Rancho and Vegas drives, faced as they emerged victorious from the 10-hour Nevada Regional Science Bowl on Saturday, defeating 31 high school teams from Nevada, California and Utah on Saturday. With the regional victory came $5,000 for their school.

The team is preparing for an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl in April, the largest such contest in the country.

Students compete in a "Jeopardy!"-style format, answering science queries and solving math problems in trigonometry, calculus, astronomy, physics, biology, chemistry and earth science.

The Advanced Technologies team consists of Bridget Elizan, Max Howald, Alexander Koo, Mateusz Podzorski and Adam Tarr. Biology teacher Becky Colledge coached the team.

Green Valley High School placed second in regionals. The privately run Meadows School came in third.

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