Taking a little trip around the world – the Geography Bee
Posted by subbuthepeaceful
This post is almost a month too late - but then, better late than never, or so the adage goes.
The Geography Bee is a fascinating competition, held every year by the National Geographic Society, it is clearly a nerdy test of geography trivia and possibly a lot more daunting for 4th grade to 8th grade students than the Spelling bee. You might think that what's the big deal in knowing the capital of Latvia, but geography for me has been in many ways the one subject that opens our minds to the world around us. I had a chance for the first time last year to volunteer at my local elementary school to run Geography Bee "prep sessions" and this year was no exception. Only this year, I think I was a little better prepared having seen the format of the preliminary round last year.