La Jolla High School celebrates its First Place win at the 2011 Grunion Bowl. Congrats!
National Ocean Sciences Bowl
La Jolla Regional Competition
 The Grunion Bowl
Welcome to the Grunion Bowl (formerly the La Jolla Surf Bowl), the regional competition for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB). The 2012 regional competition will be held on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus on Saturday, March 3, 2012. The theme for 2012 is A Sea of Change: Evolution and Development. This theme encompasses not only biological evolution but also our technologies, knowledge, and methods of adapting to changing seas. The first place team from the regional competition will advance to the national competition to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, April 19-22, 2012.
Team registrations for the 2012 competition are due December 17, 2011.
SIO tours and team scrimmages
Saturdays, February 4 and 18, 2012, from 9 am to 2 pm on the SIO campus. More information to come as SIO tour agendas are set.
2011 Grunion Bowl Competition
The 2011 regional competition was held on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Congratulations to the following schools for their achievements.
First Place: La Jolla High School
Second Place: Santa Rosa Academy
Third Place: Tesoro High School
First Place in Junior Varsity League: Dana Hills High School
Sportsmanship Award: Christian High School
Team Spirit Award: Escondido Charter High School
What is NOSB?
NOSB, a program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership and its partners, is a high school academic competition on topics related to the study of the oceans through SIO tours, field trips, and other ocean-related activities. This program is intended to increase knowledge of the oceans by high school students, their teachers and their parents. National Ocean Sciences Bowl influences new stewards of our oceans and fosters the next generation of marine scientists, technicians, educators and industry leaders. This year’s theme is “Human Responses to Ocean Events." Link to www.nosb.org or the Consortium for Ocean Leadership www.oceanleadership.org for more information.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps and Scripps Institution of Oceanography support NOSB by offering educational field trips (such as meeting SIO scientists and touring their labs) and scrimmage and study sessions to help teams prepare for the big day. Here at the La Jolla Grunion Bowl we are proud of our growing NOSB program and believe that NOSB is much more than just a competition, it is an experience!
Students identify plankton during a Scripps Pier Walk.
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