How the GeoBee Will Be Run

The National Geographic GeoBee is just around the corner!

Don't forget to sign up for the GeoBee by January 24 - even earlier if possible. We will have to have SIX participants in grades 4 through 8 in order to hold the Bee. (Younger kids can participate, but can't be included in the final rounds.)

The GeoBee will be held on January 31 at 1:30pm, at Village Home Education Resource Center, 5150 SW Watson, Beaverton. Audience is welcome to attend too!

Register HERE for the GeoBee!

In the GeoBee event, there are ten rounds of Preliminary Competition, with one oral question per contestant in each round. One point is given for each correct answer. Up to ten top scorers will continue to the Final Competition.  

In the Final Rounds section of the Bee, a contestant is eliminated after answering two questions incorrectly. Questioning will continue until there are only two finalists and a third-place winner.

The Championship Round consists of three questions. Both finalists will be asked each question at the same time, and will record their answers in writing. The finalist with the most correct answers is determined the Champion. This Champion will take a written quiz during February, and submit it to National Geographic. The 100 school finalists with the top scores in the written quiz will participate in the State GeoBee in April. The winner of the State GeoBee will compete in the National GeoBee in Washington DC.

Here's a Study Toolkit from National Geographic to help prepare for this year's GeoBee:

https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/GeoBee_Study_Toolkit_2019-2020.pdf

You can also register for the January 24 Spelling Bee HERE.