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The Story of Calc Bowl 2015

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Calc Bowl 2015 went off smoothly on April 10 at Gateway High School in Aurora. A down-to-the-wire photo finish made it even more exciting! There were 35 teams from all over the Denver metro area all way to Wyoming; 190 students from 12 high schools.

Thanks to support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aurora Public Schools, and many volunteers from Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Aurora Public Schools.

Schools represented at Calc Bowl 2015 were:

Adams 12 Five Star Schools

Horizon High School

Aurora Public Schools

Gateway High School, William Smith High School

Boulder Valley Schools

Boulder High School

Cherry Creek Schools

Overland High School, Smoky Hill High School

Denver Public Schools

Denver East High School, Martin Luther King Jr Early College, Thomas Jefferson High School

Douglas County Schools

Legend High School

Jeffco Public Schools

Standley Lake High School

Wyoming High Schools

Wheatland High School


The Bowl consists of 350+ challenging calculus questions presented in quiz-show style to the students. For samples, please see the Calc Bowl General Info tab, Practice Problems. Questions are taken from or patterned after AP Calculus exams and in difficulty range from easy to stump-the-Prof.



Calc Bowl 2015 winners were:


1st place and 2015 Calculus Bowl Champions - Radon and the Related Raiders, Boulder High School, teacher: Cheryl Speckl (Boulder Valley Schools)

2nd place - Kalteen, Boulder High School, teacher: Cheryl Speckl (Boulder Valley Schools)

3rd place - Declaration of Linear Independence, Legend High School, teacher: Cynthia Henderson (Douglas County Schools)

Honorable Mention - Seniors, Overland High School, teacher: Gregory Oelrichs, Overland High School (Cherry Creek Public Schools)

Honorable Mention - Dream Team, Overland High School, teacher: Gregory Oelrichs, Overland High School (Cherry Creek Public Schools)

Congratulations to all! AWESOME!

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