AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The “Pantex Science Bowl” for regional center faculties happened on Saturday on the AmTech Profession Academy.
In line with a Pantex Facebook post the winner of the center faculty regional “Pantex Science Bowl” is JT Hutchinson Center College Group 1 from Lubbock. Bonham Center College Group 1 gained second place and Bonham Center College Group 2 took residence third place.
One of the best sportsmanship award was given to Ascension Academy.
The winner of the competitors will obtain as much as $1,000 donated to their faculty’s program. These in second place will obtain $500 and third place will obtain $250. The donations are from the Division of Vitality together with Consolidated Nuclear Safety.
The Pantex Science Bowl started Saturday morning with a round-robin format earlier than transitioning to a double-elimination spherical within the afternoon.
Kenny Steward, Pantex Deputy Sight Supervisor mentioned the scholars put together for this competitors in quite a lot of methods.
“A number of the children began simply a few weeks in the past, whereas different children take this competitors very critically, and so they examine all yr lengthy to be part of it,” mentioned Steward.
Steward added that one in all his favourite issues to witness on the occasion is the boldness within the college students and the way it will increase all through the day.
“All of us go to sporting occasions, we see excessive faculties and junior excessive faculties, and competitors, totally different sports activities and issues. Not all of those children are bodily athletes, however they’re psychological giants,” mentioned Steward.
Crockett Center College eighth grade trainer Kim Maki mentioned her college students within the eighth grade STEM class put together for the science bowl two days out of the week within the classroom. She added that college students are inspired to additionally examine for the competitors outdoors of the classroom as properly.
“That is my eighth yr of doing the science bowl and that is the primary yr again after two years of being on digital and it’s good to be dwell once more. We love the competitors; we love seeing all people develop within the science discipline. I believe the rationale why my college students prefer it a lot are simply the sensation of competitors and attending to know college students that like science like they do,” mentioned Maki.
Maki added that not solely does this occasion enable the scholars to showcase their skills, however it could additionally open doorways for them sooner or later.
“Properly, this technology 85 p.c of the careers sooner or later are going to be STEM. That’s both going to be science, know-how, engineering, or math, so that is their future. Having this competitors opens the door not solely to competitors however assembly mentors, as a result of the entire Pantex workers, the professors that come right here, they get to see individuals who have really carried out it,” mentioned Maki.
The Pantex Science Bowl can have the competitors once more on Feb. 4 for highschool college students. The winners of the center faculty and highschool regional competitors will compete at Nationals in Washington DC in March.
