Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion: Grace Rembert

Grace Rembert, a high school senior from Bozeman, Mont., qualified three times for the GeoBee national championship and finished fourth overall in 2016. In this installment of “Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion,” she reflects on her experience and offers some tried-and-true study tips. Edited excerpts of our conversation follow. Q: What’s one memorable moment from your time at nationals? Grace Rembert (GR): In my … Continue reading Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion: Grace Rembert

Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion: Nihar Janga

Nihar Janga is the reigning National Geographic GeoBee champion. His victory came with a $25,000 scholarship and a Lindblad expedition to the Galápagos Islands. We caught up with Nihar in his hometown of Austin, Texas, during the annual conference of the National Council for Geographic Education. Edited excerpts of our conversation follow. Q: What got you interested in geography? Nihar Janga (NJ): After I did … Continue reading Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion: Nihar Janga

Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion: Lucy Chae

Lucy Chae, a high school senior from Newton, Mass., won the 2015 Massachusetts state GeoBee and finished eighth nationally. She is the first subject of our new interview series, “Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion.” Edited excerpts of our conversation follow. Q: How has studying geography made you more of a global citizen? Lucy Chae (LC): I definitely think just being aware of the details … Continue reading Five Questions With a GeoBee Champion: Lucy Chae

Learn How 16 GeoChallenge Teams Tackled Plastic Pollution—and How Your Students Can Too!

This past May, 16 teams traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete in the final round of the National Geographic GeoChallenge, a project-based competition that empowers students in grades four through eight to develop creative solutions to today’s urgent environmental problems. The Tackling Plastic! GeoChallenge invited students to investigate the issue of plastic pollution in our waterways and develop creative solutions. The 2019-2020 GeoChallenge is now … Continue reading Learn How 16 GeoChallenge Teams Tackled Plastic Pollution—and How Your Students Can Too!

Meet the Team: The Navigators

During the 2018-19 school year, teams of middle schoolers tackled the problem of plastic pollution in our waterways with the National Geographic GeoChallenge. First-place teams from sixteen regional competitions traveled to the 2019 Geo Championships in Washington, D.C. in May 2019. This blog series introduces you to each of those teams in their own words.* Registration for the 2019-2020 #NatGeoChallenge is open! Register at NatGeoEd.org/GeoChallenge. Meet … Continue reading Meet the Team: The Navigators