{"id":124702,"date":"2026-02-27T01:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/124702\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:57:19","slug":"students-from-middle-and-high-schools-to-compete-in-2026-western-pennsylvania-science-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/124702\/","title":{"rendered":"Students from Middle and High Schools To Compete in 2026 Western Pennsylvania Science Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirty-six schools will be represented at the 2026 Western Pennsylvania Science Bowl (WPASB), which will be held Friday, Feb. 27, for middle schools and Saturday, Feb. 28, for high schools. The Community College of Allegheny County South Campus in West Mifflin will host both days of the tournament.<\/p>\n

The WPASB provides an exciting opportunity for students to compete in a fast-paced quiz bowl-style tournament that will test their knowledge in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The 2026 contest marks the 35th year for the WPASB. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt NETL, we believe this contest inspires students to become the next generation of scientists and engineers who will ensure reliable, affordable and secure energy for our nation and achieve other critical scientific and technical breakthroughs,\u201d said NETL\u2019s Adam Lott, regional coordinator for the contests.<\/p>\n

The theme for this year\u2019s competition is \u201cScience: The Power Behind the Magic,\u201d which acknowledges how\u00a0STEM makes discoveries that once seemed impossible possible. Questions are multiple choice or short answer and cover a range of disciplines, including biology, chemistry, Earth and space science, energy, mathematics and physics.<\/p>\n

\"COntestantsThe winning middle school and high school teams will advance to the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s National Science Bowl<\/a> to be held April 30 to May 4.<\/p>\n

Middle schools to compete in the WPASB are Albert Gallatin North, Carson Middle School (North Allegheny), Fort Couch Middle School (Upper St. Clair), Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School (Connellsville), Harrison Middle School (Baldwin-Whitehall), Independence Middle School (Bethel Park), Ingomar Middle School (North Allegheny), Mars Area Middle School, Marshall Middle School (North Allegheny), Peters Township Middle School, Pine-Richland Middle School, and Winchester Thurston School (Pittsburgh). <\/p>\n

High schools competing in the WPASB, set for Saturday, are Baldwin, Bethel Park, Canon-McMillan (Canonsburg), Central Catholic (Pittsburgh), Charleroi Area, Fox Chapel Area, Gateway (Monroeville), Keystone Oaks (Dormont), Lenape Technical School (Ford City), Mars Area, Moon Area, Mt. Lebanon, North Allegheny, North Hills, Norwin, Parkland (Allentown), Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Sewickley Academy, South Fayette, State College Area, Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson Hills), Upper St. Clair, and Winchester Thurston. <\/p>\n

NETL conducted the West Virginia School Bowl on Feb. 6-7 at West Virginia University in Morgantown.<\/p>\n

NETL is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory dedicated to innovating and accelerating the nation\u2019s energy solutions in hydrocarbon, geothermal energy and critical minerals production. With research sites in Albany, Oregon; Morgantown, West Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NETL operates as one laboratory to create advanced energy technologies that support DOE\u2019s mission and enable affordable, reliable and secure energy to fuel human prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thirty-six schools will be represented at the 2026 Western Pennsylvania Science Bowl (WPASB), which will be held Friday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-124702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}