MULTI/SINGLEPLAYER

This is the best real-time multiplayer practice site because of its diverse set of questions and features. Note that you must disable the non-science questions and adjust the difficulties. This is the Official Parkway West Middle Recommended Multiplayer Real-Time Practice Website.

MULTI/SINGLEPLAYER

This is another real-time practice site, but it is older. This is the 2nd or 3rd best real-time practice site. It allows multiplayer, and some people prefer the UI. Note that you must disable the non-science questions and adjust the difficulties.

IN-PERSON MULTIPLAYER

This is another great real-time practice site that fills a very different niche than the other two! A person must physically read questions, as it's designed to be used when no buzzers are present during in-person practice. This is NOT a site for studying without a question reader or teams!

SINGLEPLAYER

SBCentral's buzzing system has many advantages, such as (slightly) more refined difficulties and an exclusive focus on Science Bowl. This is quite useful, improving it dramatically, but it doesn't allow multiplayer. It is one of the best single-player systems, but due to the lack of multiplayer, it's not the best overall.

SINGLEPLAYER

Science Spoon only has Science Bowl questions, and it allows very refined targeting allowing round and set selection. It even has a search feature! Competition mode was built to replicate the actual competition experience as much as possible, while Rapid-Fire mode is ideal for speedy practice. Additionally, if you build an account, it will track timing and scores!

This is a resource containing many textbooks, some easy to read, and others not. We strongly suggest reading beginner textbooks. It also contains some question sets. This is the Official West Middle Recommended Textbook Website. This website has gotten us to Nationals TWICE!

The original website only hosts packets now, so we have created a backup. The link has now been replaced with a repaired link.

We have not used this resource much, so its quality is unknown. Feel free to check out these books; there are literally hundreds. 

OmegaLearn has assorted recommendations for textbooks. It is okay. We have used it even less than Science Books Online.

These are the official Science Bowl sample high school question sets.

These are some question packets that are found on the Mehvix website and are generally of good quality. Try to use all of the DOE sets first before trying these out. Although textbooks are no longer available (use the Drive link above for a Mehvix copy hosted by us), the packets are still regularly updated. If this ever goes down, packets are also in the backup Drive folder in the textbook resource link above.

This page is still under development; be sure to check back often for the newest resources!

This has a single-player buzzing practice, a searchable database of questions from past regional and invitational tournaments, custom packet generation by category, and foundational study resource recommendations for the High School Science Bowl.

Click here to be challenged with DOE National Science Bowl quiz questions ordered by sets and rounds or in random order on each middle school science topic/category - Earth and Space, Earth Science, Energy, General Science, Life Science, Math, and Physical Science. It has now been restored, but is effectively obsolete, as its question database is smaller, and all of the features are much less developed. The only use case is if Science Spoon is down.

While this is specifically focused on the qualifier test, it is still a very useful  resource in general.

These are notes for chemistry created by Arjun Arun, a former science bowler on the winning team from 2022-2023.

These are notes for physics created by Ian Chung, a former science bowler on the winning team from 2022-2023.

These are notes for biology created by Alisha Yin, a former science bowler on the winning team from 2022-2023.

These are notes for environmental science (biology/chemistry) created by Ethan Song, a former science bowler, who was also on the winning team from 2022-2023 and 2024–2025.

These are a bunch of notebooks made by Luca Barbato, a former science bowler, while he was studying for Science Bowl. Sorry about any bad handwriting. Luca was on the winning team from 2024–2025.

This is a sheet used for scorekeeping. It also has some other resources on it. Be sure to make a copy!

A collection of short energy summaries, ideal for alternates. Luca was on the winning team from 2024–2025.

This is the other official science bowl website.  It has fewer resources, but a lot of other useful information. Check it out!

This is a rating of every textbook graded thus far. If you have questions about a textbook, visit this site to see our rating of it. It also has links to assorted other textbooks, similar to Mehvix or Science Books Online, but this is designed for Middle School Scibo. 

This is a slideshow of essential Scibo information made by Vinay, a former Scibowler who was an alternate for the 3rd place team of 2023–2024.

While this site is used outside of West and can safely be considered one of the top Science Bowl websites, it is technically a custom resource, as it was developed by Luca and his father. It is very versatile and can be used for any topic. Luca was on the winning team from 2024–2025.

This is the study log of Team 1 in 2024–2025, which qualified for Nationals that year! Take a look at this spreadsheet to view what they studied to prepare for Regionals and Nationals, which can prove to be a useful resource in your studying. Team 1 was comprised of Ethan Song, Luca Barbato, Rosalind Zhu, Emily Wang, and Gayatri Senthil that year.

This is the current study log of Team 1 in 2025–2026.  Take a look at this spreadsheet to view what they are currently studying to prepare for Regionals, which can prove to be a useful resource in your studying. Team 1 currently includes Abhi Anne, Conan Zheng, Arthur Yin, Connor Dohack, and Aidan Niu.

 This page is still under development; be sure to check back often for the newest resources!