# Presentation: 496314

## Nevada Regional Science Bowl

**SCOREKEEPER TRAINING**

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## SCIENCE BOWL

*What did you volunteer for?*

- Launched in 1991, the Nevada Regional Science Bowl is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school students.  They compete in a fast-paced verbal forum to solve technical problems and answer questions in all branches of science and math.

## OFFICIALS

- The officials at each match include:

**Moderator**** – ****Responsible for controlling each match.  **
**Scientific Judge**** ****– ****Resolves any question challenges.  (The Judge’s decision is final!)**
**Rules Judge**** ****– ****Ensures that all rules are followed and all questions are read correctly.**
**Timekeeper**** ****–**** ****Keeps track of the clock.  Times the 20 seconds allowed for team responses to bonus questions.  Times five seconds after a toss-up question that has been read before the Moderator moves on to the next question.**
**Scorekeeper**** ****– ****Awards points accurately and records the competition score.**

## Minimum Requirements

- Be able to perform basic math
-    skills quickly and accurately.
- Be able to focus on the scoring
-    in a competition setting.
- Be comfortable standing as
-    needed during competition.
- Be at least in eighth grade
-    (depending on maturity).

## What does a Scorekeeper do?

- Set up score sheets on white board.
- Understands where to place points.
- Keeps score.

## Set up score sheets on white board

## Understand where to place points

-    Use a cumulative tally

## Scoring

- Toss up questions = 4 points
- Bonus questions = 10 points
- Penalty = 4 points

## Is awarded 4 points
Has a chance to answer the toss up question (for an additional 4 points)
Has chance to answer the bonus questions (for an additional 10 points)
    (This is also true for unrecognized answers or “blurts.”)  

- Has a chance to answer the toss up question (for an additional 4 points)
- Has chance to answer the bonus questions (for an additional 10 points)
-     (This is also true for unrecognized answers or “blurts.”)

- If a competitor interrupts the Moderator while a question is being read, and if the competitor answers incorrectly, the opposing team:

## At halftime

-    Draw a double line with a total.
-    Announce scores for teams A and B.

## At the end of the game

- Announce the final scores.  Do NOT call the game (announce winner).
- Sign the Official Score Sheet.  Leave the flipchart score sheet in the competition room.

## Accurately award points and record competition scores  

-     Scores will be recorded on a _white board_ that should be visible to all contestants and Science Bowl officials.  The point awards are :
-     4 points for each correctly answered toss-up question and 10 points for a correctly answered bonus question.
-    The only variations to the above are...

## Variations

- When a contestant buzzes in and INTERRUPTS a toss-up question while it is still being read, is recognized, and gives the wrong answer, or
- When a contestant buzzes in and gives answer before being recognized (“blurt”) then 4 points are awarded to the opposing team.
- The opposing team then has the opportunity to answer the interrupted question after it is read in its entirety and, if it answers the toss-up correctly, receives another 4 points for the toss-up question and is then asked the bonus question.

##     As you keep track of the score on the score sheet or blackboard, two columns should be recorded for each team.  In the first column, record the points a team receives on each individual question, with toss-up, interruption, and bonus points being recorded separately.  The second column should contain a running total of the team’s points.  If recorded in this fashion, the point total can be checked at the end of the round.

## Post-game

-    Announce the scores and help the Moderator complete the official score sheet.

## Slide 16

| Type of Question | Points Awarded |
| --- | --- |
| Correct Toss-up
Incorrect Toss-up | +4 points & eligible for bonus
+0 points |
| Correct Bonus
Incorrect Bonus | +10 points
+0 points |
| Interrupted Toss-up
Correct Answer
Incorrect Answer | 
+4 points & eligible for bonus
+4 points to opposing team |
| After a team member buzzes in:
Unrecognized Toss-Up (Blurt)
Unrecognized Interrupted Toss-up (also a Blurt)
Consultation among players | 
+4 points to opposing team |
| Before a team member buzzes in:
Answer a toss-up
Consultation among players | 
+0 points but team will be disqualified from toss-up |

## Your generous gift of your time and talent

- Simply put –
- we could not do it without you!

- is greatly appreciated!