暑期科学杯science bowl training本周日6/7日开始

science bowl James ma问:什么是科学杯?为什么要参加sciecne bowl科学杯?
科学杯竞赛由美国能源部(Department of Energy)于1991年创办,旨在鼓励中学生在数学和科学领域的学习和探索,是全美最大型的科学竞赛之一。在过去的22年中,已有超过22万美国学生参加了该比赛。预计2016年有超过9000名高中生及4500名初中生参加地区比赛,争夺华府决赛资格。
参加科学杯的训练,不仅仅在于参加比赛,更主要的是可以提高学生对科学的兴趣,扩展学生的眼界,推动他们对科学自学及研究的能力,并加深他们对科学的理解与认识, 为他们在以后的学习打下基础。

问:科学杯包括哪些方面?比赛方式?
答:比赛遵循双败淘汰制,比赛中的提问与回答采用口述的形式,节奏紧凑,内容涉猎广泛,涵盖了化学、生物、物理、天文、数学、科学通论和地球科学等学科。
问:春晖的科学杯 Science Bowl 训练班和学校的Science Bowl team的训练有什么不一样?
学校的couch 基本上不教学,仅仅以练习为主。
春晖教育的教学方法是每次2 小时,第一小时是讲课。第二个小时才是学生练习。
第一个小时的授课时间,由coach讲解他们精心准备的,经过提炼的一个science 方面的话题。讲解过程中学生需要用心记笔记,因为在随后的一小时练习里老师就是在那个范围里问。
在练习的过程中,老师还不断通过提问题的方式教给学生科学知识。每次下课前会给学生布置一个topic 让他们做research,并写一个报告。在下次上课时的头几分钟请学生上台分享。其他学生同样要记笔记,老师会就分享学生的报告问问题。
问:春晖教育的science bowl的coach 都是高中生。请高中生做coach,他们的责任心够吗?他们怎么样?
答:湾区无论是私立学校还是公立学校,science bowl的team的coach都是高中生。成人老师的coach是领队和负责的角色。他们不仅自己有训练经验,有当教练的经验,最主要的是他们非常负责任。这些优秀的年轻人还起到了对学生的 role model 的作用。每堂2小时的课他们俩都会花超过3小时的时间准备。今年夏天的教练James Ma不仅曾经是Miller 初中的教练,也是Lynbrook高中科学杯竞赛队的主教练(Miller 和 Lynbrook都是national级别的比赛队)。他在去年暑假在春晖教Science Bowl训练取得了每一位家长和学生的好评。

Why Science Bowl? Science Bowl helps students further their interests in science, as well as provide an intellectually stimulating atmosphere to interact productively with other students and communicate ideas effectively. Additionally, Science Bowl encourages students to excel in science and mathematics and pursue careers in those fields.
Program Description: This course aims to prepare students for the Science Bowl competition. It contains both lecture and practice round components. Students will be taught Life Science, Physical Science, Earth Science, Energy, Mathematics, and General Science. The coach will work heavily on reinforcing science knowledge in the listed categories as well as improving buzzing strategies and time management necessary for science bowl.
Address: 1340 S. De Anza Blvd., Suite 204, San Jose, CA, 95129
Time: Sunday 5:00 to 7:00pm, 6/7/15 to 8/9/15
Age Limit: Preferably 6th – 8th graders
Registration: https://goo.gl/QDsPm1
Fee: $40/session.  Two hours per session. 


Coach:
James Ma (Sophomore at Yale University)

  • Springlight Science Bowl Head Coach (2014)
  • Lynbrook Science Bowl Varsity Team (2012-2014)

    • Varsity Captain (2013-2014)
    • SLAC Regional 3rd Place (2014)
  • Lynbrook Science Bowl JV Team (2010-2012)
  • Miller Science Bowl Team (2009-2010)

    • Captain
    • NHU Regional 3rd Place (2010)
  • Lynbrook Science Club (2010-2014)

    • President (2013-2014), Treasurer (2012-2013)
  • USAPhO Semifinalist
  • Physics Bowl Team Regional First Place

Course Syllabus: http://www.springlighteducation.com/science-bowl.html

Feedback from student and parent:
— The Science Bowl class covered a variety of different and interesting topics in the general idea of mathematics. The first hour, we introduced ourselves by answering some questions about what we wanted to learn during the class, and got to know our classmates better. Then, we learned about the breakdown of the Science Bowl competition and the basic rules. After that, we learned about the concepts that we would later review in a thrilling game of the actual Science Bowl! We learned so much, including logarithms, basic review of factoring, counting and probability, graphing circles, and the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion. After, we had a brief break, and then held a couple exciting rounds of the mathematics portion of a simulated game that had actual mathematics questions from previous Science Bowl competitions. Overall, the class was absolutely amazing. I can’t wait until the next session!
— I am so happy to let you know that Edwin had just nominated by his school team today after a few rounds of competition at his school and thanks everyone at your center especially those two young instructors. As I mentioned to you before, I feel strongly that young instructors(high performing high school students) can be not just good teachers, but also good role models for middle schoolers. My son had never thought about science nor regard himself as a science type before. He didn’t even had the confident to join the Science Club at his middle school(Stanley Middle is a California Distinguished School with a API of 945 last year). I was just trying to get him away from heavy gaming and get him interested in doing something stimulating and constructive. I was telling Edwin that now we are the one who travelled the most distance to attend classes, but I hope, in one day, he can be the one who get into those subject the most or deepest. Now he is on his way…
Thanks again for your kind help !
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