Winners of the 15th Annual Blue Lobster Bowl: Lexington Team A!

Please join us in congratulating Lexington High School Team A, and their coach, Sarah Damassa, for taking first place in the 15th annual Blue Lobster Bowl!The Blue Lobster Bowl, Massachusetts’ regional marine science quiz bowl, is one of the 25 annual regional competitions that comprise the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) competition. The 15th Annual Blue Lobster Bowl took place at MIT on Saturday February 4th, 2012, and included over 120 students from 12 Massachusetts high schools. During the lively full-day competition, the teams of high school students were quizzed on their knowledge of ocean science subjects including chemistry, biology, engineering, history, ecology, climate change, and weather.The Blue Lobster Bowl was organized by Rachel VanCott, educator and ocean science literacy communicator for the MIT Sea Grant College Program. She was assisted at the event by a battery of more than 50 volunteers from People Making a Difference; staff from MIT Sea Grant; students from MIT, Northeastern University, Boston University, Harvard University, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Tufts University; as well as many NOSB alumni.Congratulations to ALL the competitors who spent the year training for this event! Competition rankings were as follows:1 Lexington A2 Newton North A3 Newton South A4 Lincoln Sudbury A5 Newton North C6 Lincoln-Sudbury B7 Acton-Boxborough A8 Phillips Academy A9 Cambridge Rindge and Latin10 Marblehead11 Brookline A12 Lincoln-Sudbury C13 Lexington B14 Newton South B15 Belmont A16 Newton North B17 Acton-Boxborough B18 Acton-Boxborough C19 Phillips Academy B20 North Andover B21 North Andover A22 Bedford23 Brookline B24 Brookline CMcDowell Award for Excellence: Lexington AMIT Sea Grant Spirit Award: Bedford