** Heads Up: FLOTUS Drops in on the National Science Bowl Finals, 11:15am EDT **

Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 09:57 AM
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Here's your REAL #nerdprom (and I mean that as a compliment)

http://www.netl.doe.gov/education/scibowl/webcast.html

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 09:59 AM
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1. Cool!

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:01 AM
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3. can you understand what's being said?

Edited on Mon May-03-10 10:01 AM by Clio the Leo

.... oh .... the moderator just said "coffee cup"! I KNOW what that is! lol

This is how we will get to Mars. .... those kids right there!

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:05 AM
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8. The volume really varies...nt

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:05 AM
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10. lol, I mean the WORDS ....

... it's like they are speaking another language.

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:07 AM
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12. Reading what Kate Mulgrew went through to understand Star Trek lingo

is really funny. Yes, it IS a different language.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:00 AM
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2. Sad. There are no girls competing. NT

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:02 AM
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4. I noticed that....I'm sending the link to a female friend with a phd in physics to get her take

on that...

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:04 AM
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7. I saw a segment on Sally Ride last night and her efforts to get girls more involved with science...

http://www.educationunlimited.com/camp/category/2/sally-ride-science-camp.html

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havocmom

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Mon May-03-10 10:03 AM
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5. Maybe FLOTUS' influence will help change that for the future

That woman is wonderful for the youth of this nation. And a particularly good role model for the female part of that population.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:05 AM
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9. Yeah, I imagine that's part of why they're sending her....

... that and the fact that if the President has to take on ONE more thing today, his head will explode. :)

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:06 AM
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11. Yes and no. She's not in science. I'm glad she's there though...nt

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havocmom

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Mon May-03-10 10:13 AM
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15. Yes, she is getting press for young people IN science, showing appreciation

that counts big

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:14 AM
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17. Yes it does. nt

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madmom

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Mon May-03-10 10:47 AM
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31. When my daughter and her best (girl) friend were in jr high they went to

science olympiad every year and always placed in the top three. After about 3 years of this they made them split up, "because it wasn't fair to the others". They just stopped competing then. How was that not fair to the others to have to intelligent girls beating the others (aka boys)on the teams. They made it to state every year. Way to go school admins.

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awoke_in_2003

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Mon May-03-10 12:27 PM
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32. My 8 year old granddaughter

will, hopefully, be one day. One time when she can really focus is when I am watching the Science channel- she absolutely loves it. How many 8 year olds get into plate tectonics?

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:03 AM
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6. They get to challenge the judges if they dont agree with their ruling...

... that's cute.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:07 AM
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13. they're doing "terrorist fist jabs" when they get an answer right...

... THAT IS SO FLIPPIN CUTE!!!!

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:13 AM
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16. They're in the Building Museum. Cool. Isn't it interesting how the front

row is young black women, but none are competing on stage?

I'll be interested to see what the next round's competitors look like.

The fist bump is still a baseball thing to me.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:15 AM
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18. Now museums I understand...

.... my MA is in public history. I didn't do too poorly in science, but those kids are using a completely different side of the brain than I normally use lol.

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:19 AM
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20. Same here. nt

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:12 AM
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14. Geek team "A" smoked Geek team "B"...

Edited on Mon May-03-10 10:13 AM by Clio the Leo

.... Geek team "A" is from North Carolina, Team B is from California. By almost 50 points.

The middle schoolers are up next ... hopefully I'll be able to actually understand them ... lol but probably not.

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:15 AM
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19. Middle schoolers say a lot of things I don't understand! That's usually a good thing!

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mzteris

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Mon May-03-10 10:25 AM
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24. where was "A" from in NC?

Is there info on the site other than the livestream?

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:27 AM
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26. Yeah....

.... I just got that from what the moderator said.

The middle school teams are from New Mexico and .... a city I didn't recognize but it sounded like a California locale.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:22 AM
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21. Michelle up now!

Along with Sec. Chu!

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:23 AM
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22. Sec. Chu is one of the judges. FLOTUS will be the moderator. NT

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:25 AM
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23. Here's a question....

... you can see the high school kids who just competed seated behind the First Lady now.

take a look at them ... in 10 years, will any of them be able to drive through AZ unmolested?

Shame.

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:36 AM
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29. Kids from South Asia are on a cultural fence, aren't they?

You're actually starting to see in the Navy sub skippers who are Asian or South Asian, which is cool.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:26 AM
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25. The moderator graduated from Pres. Obama's high school...

.... much later though.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:28 AM
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27. Player "one" on team B is adorable...

... has the cutest little voice.

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Clio the Leo

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Mon May-03-10 10:31 AM
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28. Uh oh, Sec. Chu is throwin' out the fancy science talkin'!

It would appear that our Geek in Chief made the BOLD move of selecting someone with an actual brain to head up the Department of Energy.

(If that Palin woman were here, she'd be so scared and confused she'd just start shooting at everyone.)

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Captain Hilts

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Mon May-03-10 10:38 AM
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30. Okay, this round is more competitive. No wagering...PLEASE!

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