Middle school whiz kids compete during BPA Regional Science Bowl
Countdown begins for Saturday’s high school contest

Portland, Ore. - Middle school students from around the Pacific Northwest demonstrated their hard work and brilliance in math, science and technology Saturday at the Bonneville Power Administration’s Regional Science Bowl.  

Summa North Academy at Meadow Park Middle School from Beaverton, Ore. earned the right to claim regional “brainiac” status by taking first place after facing steep competition from Summa South Academy at Whitford Middle School, which took second. Held at the University of Portland campus, 59 teams participated in the event.

Meanwhile, the countdown has begun for next week’s much larger high school regional Science Bowl. 

What:     18^th annual BPA Regional Science Bowl for high school students
When:     Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
              Lunch-time OMSI juggler, noon to 1 p.m.
              The best time to get footage of live rounds is during the finals, starting at 4:30 p.m.
Where:   University of Portland campus, Buckley Auditorium, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd.
Who:      Teams comprised of students from 64 high schools in Oregon and Washington

Click below to view a video clip of the middle school competition.

BPA’s Science Bowl tests students' knowledge in a fast paced question-and-answer format similar to the television quiz show, Jeopardy. Competing teams from urban and rural schools consist of four students, one alternate and a teacher advisor/coach. Elimination rounds narrow the competition to a final set of teams angling for first, second and third place. 

The competition celebrates academic achievement and encourages careers in math, science and technology. Fourteen colleges and universities are showing their support by offering scholarships to the members of the top three teams.  The winning teams also will earn the right to compete at the national championships in Washington, D.C., later this spring.

This year's regional Science Bowl co-sponsors include AREVA Transmission and Distribution, Schweitzer Engineering, University of Portland, Portland Energy Conservation Inc., Microsoft and Quiznos.

BPA is a not-for-profit federal electric utility that operates a high-voltage transmission grid comprising more than 15,000 miles of lines and associated substations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. It also markets more than a third of the electricity consumed in the Pacific Northwest. The power is produced at 31 federal dams operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation and one nuclear plant in the Northwest and is sold to more than 140 Northwest utilities. BPA purchases power from seven wind projects and has more than 2,500 megawatts of wind interconnected to its transmission system.

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