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Chatsworth High School's Team Drills at DWP's Science Bowl Scrimmage

More than 250 of city's brightest students are preparing for the regional competition.

A team from Chatsworth High School participated in the Science Bowl Scrimmage Saturday.

They were among more than 250 of the city's brightest students preparing for the Feb. 25 regional competition, sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

During the scrimmage, participants had an opportunity to hone their skills and face teams from schools throughout the city. The winning team from the regional competition in February represents the city at the National Science Bowl in Washington, DC, in late April.

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Science Bowl follows a game show format, in which teams of four students, each with an alternate, compete to answer challenging toss-up and bonus questions requiring extensive knowledge, quick reflexes and teamwork. Questions cover college-level math, science and technology subjects. The Feb. 25 regional competition is one of 69 at the high school level in more than 40 states, including 10 in California. It's part of the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl program, the nation's largest science competition and the only one sponsored by a federal agency. This year more than 13,000 high school students will participate nationally. Since the program began in 1991, more than 200,000 students have participated.

Winning teams from the LADWP Science Bowl Regional Competition have won four national titles and placed among the top five teams 10 times.

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