Riversprings Middle School Student will Compete in 2010 National Geographic Bee

Ben West, a seventh grader of Riversprings Middle School in Crawfordville, has qualified to represent his school in the 2010 National Geographic Bee.  During the fall of this past year he participated in the school level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography.  Having won that part of the competition he went on to answer a written questionnaire provided by the National Geographic Society which would qualify him for the state finalist portion of the Bee.  Only the top 100 scorers in the state are eligible to compete in the state Bee. Ben has won his place amongst those 100 for the finals by scoring well on the written test.  In addition, his written test score, which qualified him as a state finalist, was better than almost 1000 other students in Florida who competed for this honor.  In the past ten years Wakulla has not had a student from our district qualify to compete, so this is a double honor for him as he is the first in many years to accomplish this.

The state finals will be held on April 9 at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida.  If Ben wins this level of the competition, he will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the National Geographic Bee in Washington D.C. which will be held on May 26, 2010.  In addition to this honor, he could win a $25,000 college scholarship, a lifetime membership in the Society, and a trip to the Galapagos Islands in South America, courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic.

{sidebar id=1}The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations.  Founded in 1888 to “increase and diffuse geographic knowledge,” the Society works to inspire people to care about the planet.  It reaches more than 370 million people worldwide each month through its official journal, National Geographic; documentaries; music; radio; films; books; DVDs; maps; exhibitions; live events; school publishing programs; interactive media; and merchandise.  National Geographic has funded more than 9,000 scientific research projects and supports an education program promoting geographic literacy.

Anyone wishing to test their own geographic knowledge can do so on the online geography quiz at www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee .  The game poses 10 new questions a day.  Congratulations again to Ben West and good luck on the next portion of your competition!

This article originally published on March 29, 2010.

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