GORHAM – More than 80 high school students from northern New England will travel to the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, March 3, to compete in the Northern New England Science Bowl.

The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Bailey Hall on USM’s Gorham campus. It is free and open to the public. The championship round will begin at about 3 p.m. in Room 10 of Bailey Hall.

The regional bowl is one of 65 official regional qualifiers for the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C., held in late April. The winning team will receive a trip to compete for the national title in Washington.

The USM-based competition also includes an opportunity for teams to design and build a mousetrap vehicle that will compete for prizes in best design and best performance.

For more information, call USM Professor Rob Sanford at 780-5756 or Professor Bob Kuech at 780-5089. For more information on the campus, visit http://www.usm.maine.edu/generalinfo.htm.