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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
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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.. to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl in April
BIG Government. *Political* science.
Abolish the unconstitutional US Dept of Energy.
Abolish national energy policy.
Abolish public education.
The last time I looked the Intel (Gordon Moore) Science Competition (nee Westinghouse) was still going strong. Science competitions should be PRIVATELY sponsored.
A-Tech is an unbelievable high school that all Las Vegans can be proud of. This includes the public school haters at the R-J.
Congratulations to all of the fine, outstanding and dedicated teachers who taught these students so well. Without the excellent teachers these students had from K-12 this would not have been possible.
Congratulations to all of the fine, outstanding and dedicated K-12 teachers who taught these students so well. The students could not have done it without these great teachers. Congratulations also to the students who put in the hours of hard work throughout the years.
Congratulations and good luck to our students.