National Geographic Bee www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee.
Have your kids participated in the National Geography Bee? If not, why not get involved this year? This is an awesome way to incorporate geography into your curriculum. As stated on their website, they are a nationwide geography competition for U.S. schools with any grades four through eight, designed to encourage the teaching and study of geography. We participated in this bee for a number of years. I can attest to the motivating factor of studying for it, the excitement generated by participation in it, and the amount of interesting material learned in the process. All you need are 6 students between grades 4 and 8 to organize a bee.
Here are the registration rules right off of their website:
“Bee registration is open to schools and homeschool associations with students in grades four through eight who are not over the age of 15 by the time of the national level. A student must be enrolled in a school or homeschool association that is registered with the Bee. Also, students of the eligible grade levels must be following a school schedule and academic course load comparable to the majority of the student's grade-mates and age-mates. A student may not be enrolled in more than two academic courses at the high school and/or college level during each school year of the competition. We reserve the right to disqualify a student if we believe the rules have not been followed.
Schools from all 50 U.S. states, the U.S. territories, and the U.S. Department of Defense schools participate in the National Geographic Bee. Students enrolled in public or private schools may not compete as part of a homeschool association's Bee and, conversely, students who are homeschooled must participate through a registered homeschool association.”
Registration for a group is just 60.00. The Deadline is Oct. 15th so get your homeschool group registered today! This will be a great way to kick off a new year filled with an exciting geographic study.
Spend more time with Maggie Hogan on her blog:
www.homeschoolblogger.com/maggiehogan
Check out her great homeschool resources (including the award winning geography curriculums she *co-authored) at her business site:
www.BrightIdeasPress.com
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Read more about The Ultimate Geography & Timeline Guide here - http://brightideaspress.com/UGTG.htm
And Hands-On Geography here:
http://brightideaspress.com/HOG.htm
Biography
Maggie and Bob Hogan live in a formerly Amish farmhouse in Dover, DE where they began homeschooling their two (now grown) sons in 1991. She is a regular contributor for homeschooling internet sites as well as print magazines like The Old Schoolhouse. She’s a nationally known speaker and co-author of The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide, Gifted Children at Home, Hands-on Geography and other resource books. Involved in local, state, and national homeschooling issues, they both serve on boards of home education organizations in Delaware. They’re also owners of Bright Ideas Press, a home school company dedicated to bringing the best practical, fun, and affordable materials to the homeschool market.
