{"id":2040,"date":"2025-03-13T00:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:43:04","slug":"national-ocean-sciences-spoonbill-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/national-ocean-sciences-spoonbill-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"National Ocean Sciences *Spoonbill* Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Ocean Sciences *Spoonbill* Bowl<\/h1><\/div>
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2025 Spoonbill Bowl winners – P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School (Gainesville) – pictured with Regional Coordinators, Makenzie Kerr (USF CMS) and Dr. Teresa Greely (USF CMS)<\/p>\n<\/div>

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On February 22, 2025, University of South Florida<\/a> hosted the Spoonbill Bowl<\/a><\/b>, a regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl<\/a> competition, welcoming eight teams<\/b> from six Florida high schools<\/b> to the St. Petersburg campus. Tampa Bay Surveillance<\/b> were in attendance – with Dr. Heather O’Leary<\/b> giving the keynote<\/b> address, and Alexandra Lee<\/b> and Roxann Vistocci<\/b> volunteering <\/b>alongside over 40 others to contribute to the success of the marine science-themed event<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr. O’Leary spoke about her exciting interdisciplinary project <\/span>CRESCENDO<\/b> (<\/span>C<\/b>ommunicating <\/span>R<\/b>esearch <\/span>E<\/b>xpansively through <\/span>S<\/b>onification and <\/span>C<\/b>ommunity-<\/span>E<\/b>ngaged <\/span>N<\/b>euroaesthetic <\/span>D<\/b>ata-literacy <\/span>O<\/b>pportunities). This project <\/span>transforms complex environmental data<\/b>, like harmful algal blooms and red tide, into <\/span>engaging experiences<\/b> to improve public understanding in innovative and creative ways; uniting USF faculty to develop <\/span>data-driven art forms<\/b>, including <\/span>performances<\/b> and <\/span>augmented reality<\/b>, and opening up research to<\/span> diverse communities<\/b>. By creatively bridging science and art, CRESCENDO elevates USF’s role in environmental research and public engagement. Read more here: <\/span>CRESCENDO<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dr. O'Leary delivers the keynote for the 2025 Spoonbill Bowl, highlighting their interdisciplinary project CRESCENDO<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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P.K. Yonge students during the final rounds of the competition<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Competitors demonstrated exceptional team spirit<\/b> throughout the day, marked by both creative attire and positive attitudes. The quiz-show format<\/b> showcased two teams of four students competing in each game. Questions were challenging; these high school students really <\/i>knew their stuff! They not only had to study up on the science – there are MANY rules<\/a> and strategies for winning the competition. This year’s theme was ‘<\/b>Ocean Acoustics<\/b>,<\/a>‘ with sound in the marine environment<\/b> being the focus of the quiz questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Spoonbill Bowl at USF was a truly inspiring<\/b> day; these bright high schoolers proved that they are not just book smart, they are ready to apply the knowledge.<\/b> From National Ocean Sciences Bowl: NOSB addresses a national gap in environmental and earth sciences in public education by introducing high school students to and engaging them in ocean science, preparing them for ocean science-related and other STEM careers, and helping them become knowledgeable community members and environmental stewards. <\/i><\/strong>We were honored<\/b> to take part.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Roxann (TBS Program Planner) and Alexandra (TBS Master’s Student) reporting for Spoonbill Bowl volunteer duty!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,4,77,24],"tags":[70,29,80,42,84,86,85,81,87,67],"class_list":["post-2040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-outreach","category-on-going-research","category-outreach","category-tbs-news","tag-anthropology","tag-college-of-marine-science","tag-community-outreach","tag-interdisciplinary-research","tag-marine-science","tag-national-ocean-sciences-bowl","tag-science-competition","tag-science-education","tag-spoonbill-bowl","tag-universityofsouthflorida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2110,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/2110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/tbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}