This was the second year she participated and was determined to do well. The competition is open to the 4th to 8th grades. The previous year she place 2nd.
She studied between her regular assignments with Judy helping and quizzing her. This year she placed FIRST, beating her classmate that previously bested her. The picture shows Rachel after winning at her school with her best friend Corinne.
In January she had to take a written exam and in March was notified that she was one of one hundred kids from around the state to go to the State wide competition. The State Geography Bee was held at the end of March. They told us that only one in 1000 students that took part in the school bee got this far.
The State Competition took place at the end of March. All of the state competitions took place on the same day all around the country. They were all asked the same questions. The one hundred competitors in our group were divided into groups of 20 and then each group went into separate rooms. Each student was given a number and then asked their questions in turn. There were eight rounds. That is each kid was asked a different question for round one, then another set for round two and so on. The questions were hard. You can see sample questions here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/sample_questions.html or take the daily quiz: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/today.html. There is a new quiz everyday.
No one in our group of twenty answered more than six of the eight questions correctly. Rachel fell into the middle of group with four correct answers. Not enough to move to the next level, but she had a good time and when asked if she wanted do this again next year, she answered with a resounding "You Bet"!
2 comments:
congratulations -Rachel -thought you'd like to know that I tried todays test and only got 6 of the 10 answers right.
And I got 7 of ten.
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