Thanks to all who responded. I had more hits for requests than
information.
Here goes...
This is what I do in my library.
I work with the 7th grade teachers only. The teachers and their classes
come to the library once on a seven day cycle for six months and work on
geography questions using atlases, maps, almanacs, and reference books.
The goal is twofold. Primarily it is to get the kids familiar navigating
through print resources, becoming familiar with reading maps, and building
a foundation of geographic place. I gather questions from the National
Geographic Bee website and produce
a worksheet of about 15 questions. In the beginning of the year I
directly teach how to use the resources and I continually stress the value
of creating mental maps so the information will become affixed to the
background knowledge they are creating. The other goal is to have the
kids participate in the State competition which happens in January. The
secondary goal of the competition is less important to me than the weekly
work, but the competition provides a focus that helps sustain the energy.
It is fun work for the kids.
Mary Jane Waite
Librarian K-8
Keller Sullivan School
500 Lincoln Street
Franklin, MA 02038
waitem@franklin.k12.ma.us
Here are the responses I received...
We participate in the National Geographic Geography Bee every year as a
school, and I have been the co-leader of the program. We have the
individual teachers in gr. 4-8 hold their classroom bees, and then hold
the championship/final round as a school assembly. I make the Geography
Bee software available on the library computers all throughout the fall,
and encourage its use during the browsing time/free time/open library
times. So far, we have had good experiences with the Bee. My co-leader
is our Social Studies Coordinator.
Roberta Lader
Rlader@cox.net
For the past three years, our school has participated in the National
Geographic Bee. I have run the entire competition. Each year we get more
and more kids to participate, and the teachers are now more motivated to
cover geography with their students. It's a ton of work for me, and you
have to follow a specific format, but it's well worth it. Twice, we've had
our school champion place in the Top Ten in the state championship. Here's
the URL for the program:
[ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/
]http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/
David Bilmes, LMS
Schaghticoke Middle School
New Milford, CT
bilmesd@new-milford.k12.ct.us
dudu4tigers@snet.net
www.new-milford.k12.ct.us/SMS/LMC
We hold a Geography Bee each year in our 6-8th grade school. We do use
the library for the preliminary rounds, but I am the assistant - not the
person in charge. Our AEP (gifted and talented) teacher sets the whole
thing up and runs it, with my help. When we do the finals, it is held in
our auditorium in front of all of our 7 and 8th grade students. Due to
space constraints, we can't fit the whole school population in our
auditorium, so the 6th graders can participate in the Bee but their
classes can't attend. Diane
While Librarian-Media Specialist, John O. Arnn
School, Sagamihara City, Japan, I held the Geography
Bee in the LMC for several years and televisied it
throughout campus via JOAS-TV, Ch. 3. The student
body enjoyed watching it and the video generally
worked OK, but I always had trouble using multiple
mics. Good luck.
Larry "Library" Retzack,
BA, MM, MA, Ph.D. candidate,
Librarian-Media Teacher,
Colton (CA) High School,
777 W Valley BLVD,
Colton CA 92324-2251.
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