In the middle school competition, BASIS Independent Bellevue and Jonas Clarke Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts, were the last two teams standing. BASIS Independent Bellevue secured its victory by correctly answering the question, “How many hydrogen atoms are present in one molecule of maltotriose, a trisaccharide composed of three molecules of glucose?” (The answer: 32.) The members of the winning BASIS Independent Bellevue team are Gordon Bu, Katherine Long, Kevin Wu, Timothy Wu, and David Xiao. They are coached by Liping Ke and assistant coach Ning Wu.

The champion and runner-up teams at both the high school and middle school levels each won $5,000 for their schools’ science departments, while the teams finishing in 3rd through 16th place won $1,000.

DOE’s Office of Science manages the National Science Bowl® and sponsors the finals competition. Students will be able to register to compete in next year’s competition beginning in October.