Current Geography News Today
Pittsford eighth-grader dominates local geography contest (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Eighth-grader wins geography bee at Allendale Columbia School for second straight year. Daniel Evans now hopes to qualify for the state competition in Albany.
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:15:07 GMT
Calculating the geography of crime (Science News)
A mathematician fine-tunes how to blend crime records, geography to track down serial criminals
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:21:53 GMT
Geography Bee set for Friday in Richland (Tri-City Herald)
Students at Christ the King School in Richland will face off Friday in a Geography Bee competition through the National Geographic Society.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:18:19 GMT
Geography whiz hopes to advance to state bee (Highland Park News)
An Elm Place School seventh-grader may compete at a statewide geography bee after winning the school's competition this week. Jeremy Frisch defeated Zoe Moss by answering correctly that Vermont is the state known for producing maple syrup, not Ohio. But that was actually one of the easier questions, says Leslie Jaffe, the teacher who organizes the bee every year.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:08:18 GMT
VIDEO: Harding students face off at Geography Bee (The Gazette)
Eighteen finalists from sixth to eighth grade competed at the Geography Bee Wednesday at Harding Middle School in Cedar Rapids.The students were competing for the chance to take a test to see if they qualify to go on to the state-level competition in Des Moines.The competition is similar to a spelling bee, with competitors answering geography questions in a round-by-round format until a winner ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:28:42 GMT
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