Hearty congratulations to Maple School's amazing Science Team and Eighth-Grade Science Teacher and Coach Robin Dombeck for achieving great success at the virtual Argonne National Laboratory's Science Bowl Competition that was held on Saturday, January 26.
Ms. Dombeck reported that there were 16 teams at the regional event, which includes the State of Illinois and nearby areas. There were no teams from Indiana or Wisconsin this year.
"We made it to the 'Final 4' in an all-day virtual event. We met as a team at Maple and Zoomed from the study rooms in the library, and ate lunch in the Cafetorium. We were the second-place school in our State/Region, and took third and fourth places overall!" stated Ms. Dombeck.
She noted that she was especially proud of how the students from all grade levels worked so well together and worked as a team while sharing knowledge.
"The kids practiced regularly after school and took pride in their work. They really learned how to be 'in the moment!'" added Dombeck.
Since 1991, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has hosted a National Science Bowl academic competition. It is an event that tests students' knowledge in a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth science, energy, physics, astronomy, and math in a fast paced quiz bowl style, head-to-head competition. Now in its 31st year, the DOE National Science Bowl® is one of the nation's largest science competitions; more than 265,000 students have competed since 1991.
Team members:
Competition Team 1
Evan Webb 6th grade
Lucas Zhang 7th grade
Akhil Sheth 8th grade
Hanning Zhu 8th grade
Sushant Medikondla 8th grade
Challenger Team 2
Ethan Fink 8th grade
Andy Domokos 8th grade
Randy Yang 6th grade
Sophie Hou 6th grade
Aiden Zhang 6th grade
Pavel Matokhin 6th grade
Managers
Helena Yang 8th grade
Sanju Purayil 8th grade
Zarar Rizki 8th grade
Claire Tsui 7th grade
Ronir Patel 8th Grade
