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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Dougherty Valley High School Sails to Victory in 24th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl
Sunday, students from Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon, California, won the National Finals of the 24th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) for the first time [...]
24th National Ocean Sciences Bowl Finals: Regional Winners Announced!
Congratulations to these 21 winning schools from each of the regional competitions! They will be moving on to the 2021 NOSB Finals Competition held [...]
Have questions about marine renewable energy? Join the NOSB’s ‘Ask an Expert’ webinar
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl is excited to host a webinar on January 19th, 2021, at 7:00 PM EST that will allow competing students to [...]
Ladue Horton Watkins High School Wins First-ever Virtual National Ocean Sciences Bowl
Monday, students from Ladue Horton Watkins High School (Saint Louis, MO) won the National Finals of the 23rd Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), the [...]