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                        The NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL

                    *** Now there's a NJ Regional! ***

Ever notice how much time, money, interest and encouragement is invested
in sports competitions?  Ever wonder how great it would be for the
country if our young people were motivated by similar programs in
academic fields?

The third annual National Science Bowl for high school science students
will be held in Washington, D.C. April 16-19, 1993.  This year a
qualifying regional for 16 teams will be held in the Princeton area on
Saturday, March 6, 1993. The NJ Regional Competition is open to all
public and private high schools in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
Schools will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. There is no
fee.  The winners of the NJ Regional will receive an all-expense-paid
trip to the finals in Washington. Winners of the National Science Bowl
and finalists receive such prizes as participation in science camps in
both the U.S. and abroad, school link-ups to the National High School
Supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, trophies and
plaques, as well as t-shirts, science games, and other items donated by
corporations sponsoring the event.  The Science Bowl is sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Energy and the Cray Research Foundation.  The
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University is
organizing the NJ Regional competition.

The National Science Bowl is modeled on academic competitions such as
"The G.E. College Bowl," seen on T.V.  Each team consists of four
students, an alternate and a teacher- sponsor (usually a science or math
teacher).  The competition format is a double-elimination tournament
with buzzers, time clocks, etc. The questions can be either multiple
choice or short answer; they are selected by a committee from
submissions made by scientists across the country and verified by the
Argonne National Laboratory.  The categories are astronomy and earth
science; biology; chemistry; computers, mathematics, and general
science; and physics. Each round of competition consists of two
ten-minute halves.

Brochures, sample questions, a Macintosh-based computer game and a
30-minute promotional video of last year's competition are available.
For more information, please call Bill Davis at (609)-243-2546, send
e-mail on INTERnet to bdavis@pppl.gov, or letters to:

     N.J. Regional Science Bowl Program
     Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
     P.O. Box 451
     Princeton, NJ   08543

In addition to competitors, volunteer positions are still open for time
keepers, judges, etc.  Training will be available for these people, as
well as for coaches.