Inspiring Tomorrow’s Ocean Leaders
Inspiring Tomorrow’s Ocean Leaders
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The NOSB is an academic competition and program that addresses a national gap in environmental and earth sciences in public education by introducing high school students to and engaging them in ocean science, preparing them for ocean science-related and other STEM careers, and helping them become knowledgeable citizens and environmental stewards.
- States Hosting Regional Bowls
- States Currently Participating In Regional Bowls
Find your local competition!
All states are eligible to compete. Contact us to learn more.
Updates on 2024 Regional Competitions
Many of the NOSB regional competitions will take place in 2024, either virtually or in-person. Please visit the map of regional sites for the contact information of each bowl’s regional coordinator(s) as well as competition dates. Unfortunately, there will be no National Finals Competition in 2024.
Winning team results of each regional bowl are featured here.
Any questions may be sent to nosb@ucar.edu.
New Storm Surge Resources and Challenge with Prizes
The NOSB has posted its first STEAM Leader Challenge on “Understanding Storm Surges and Protecting Our Communities” on Scoutlier, a free online learning platform for teachers to borrow, build, and assign self-paced, interactive lessons.
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New Storm Surge Resources and Challenge With Prizes
NEW OPPORTUNITY! The NOSB has posted its first STEAM Leader Challenge on “Understanding Storm Surges and Protecting Our Communities” on Scoutlier, a free online [...]
Introducing the 2023 NOSB National Ocean Scholars
Please join us in congratulating our SIX exceptional NOSB 2023 National Ocean Scholars. They each received a scholarship to assist them as they begin [...]
Congrats to the 2022 NOSB Scholarship Recipients!
Please join us in congratulating our FIVE exceptional NOSB 2022 National Ocean Scholars. They each received a scholarship to assist them as they begin [...]
25th National Ocean Sciences Bowl Finals: Regional Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winning schools from each of the regional competitions! They will be moving on to the 2022 NOSB Finals Competition held virtually [...]