North Junior High Students Prepare for ‘Science Bowl’
The seventh and eighth graders will be tested on their science and math skills this weekend.
The bell has rung at North Junior High, and school is out. But Max Arneson, London Lowmanstone, Ben Serstock and Jacob Youakim are still in one of the science classrooms this Tuesday afternoon. This isn’t detention or study hall, though. The boys—along with Lucca Mancilo, who’s not present today—are in the midst of intense preparation for Saturday’s Science Bowl. They trade science facts, offer each other math tips and listen to their three coaches explain particularly thorny problems they encounter. “I’m feeling pretty confident because we come here twice a week,” says Arneson, a seventh grader. Teams at the Minnesota State Regional Science Bowl for Middle School Students—as it’s officially called—go head-to-head in a quiz-show-style …
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