When:
March 2-3, 2012
Where:
March 2, Hilton
Knoxville
Airport;
March 3, Pellissippi State
Community
College
(PSCC),
Blount
County
Campus in Friendsville, TN.
Who:
Forty-eight teams of high school students
from schools all across Tennessee
will
compete
for a chance to represent Tennessee
at the National Science Bowl
in
Washington,
DC.
We need
your help!
The Tennessee Science Bowl depends solely on
volunteers, and approximately 250 volunteers
will be needed to help conduct this exciting
event! This is your chance to support
education and give back to the community!
- Go to the 2012 TSB Web
site at http://www.orau.gov/sciencebowl/.
Click on the
‘Volunteer’
tab, and you will find information about the
available volunteer roles, training videos and
other information, and the Volunteer
Form that you can complete online.
- Mark the dates! On
Friday, March 2, team registration, photos,
distribution of
t-shirts and
tote bags, and social activities will take
place at the Hilton Knoxville Airport.
Volunteers will be needed to help with
these activities from 2-6 p.m.
Early
Saturday morning, March 3, the competition
will begin at the Blount County Campus of PSCC
(approximately 8 miles from the Hilton
Knoxville
Airport).
We will need volunteers starting at
7:00 a.m. to help with Volunteer
Registration and as Moderators, Scientific
Judges, Rules Judges, Scorekeepers,
Timekeepers, Civility Award Judges, Runners,
and Crowd Control. You can
volunteer on Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. or all day.
You have
three options for volunteering:
a.
Friday
from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the Hilton;
b.
Saturday
(the day that we need the most volunteers) from 7:00
a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
or
7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (all day) at PSCC;
c.
Both
days!
- Please!
Go to the Tennessee Science Bowl Web site at
http://www.orau.gov/sciencebowl/,
click on the ‘Volunteer’ tab, and
register to be a volunteer for the 2012
TSB!
Please
note that we will attempt to assign
volunteers to their preferred roles;
however, we may have to assign some
volunteers to their second selections.
All
volunteers will receive a t-shirt, tote bag,
and certificate of appreciation, and those who
volunteer on Saturday at PSCC will also be
provided morning refreshments and a pizza
lunch.
A training
session will be conducted at Pollard
Technology
Conference
Center
on Thursday, February 23, for
volunteers who want to be Moderators,
Scientific Judges, Rules Judges, Scorekeepers,
or Timekeepers. More details about the
time for the training will be sent to
volunteers in advance.
The
Tennessee Science Bowl is sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Pellissippi
State
Community College,
ORAU, ORISE, and many other companies and
organizations. The competition is designed to
motivate high school students to excel in
science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM fields) and to pursue careers in these
fields. The willing team will represent
Tennessee at
the DOE National Science Bowl® in Washington,
DC,
on April 26-30, 2012.
If you
have questions or need additional information,
please contact Martha Hammond
at Martha.Hammond@orau.org
or call 865-576-2564.
