IMPORTANT UPDATE!
Raghav Ranga, Tucson-St. Gregory College Prep School 8th grader won the Geographic Bee and
will competing in Washington, D.C., May 22-24.
Second Place was another 8th grade Tucson student from Esperero Canyon Middle School, Sumhith Aradhyula
and third palce was 7th grader Arun Yadav, who was the AZ state winner in 2010. Arun is from Sierra Verde in Glendale.
Congratulations to everyone who participated, they are all winners!
A special thanks to all the volunteers who helped. UA students and Professors, teachers, retired teachers, and parents. Thanks
Beckie Seybert-Coordinator AZ Geographic Bee
geonut@earthlink.net or bseybert@amphi.com
Bee web page: http://www.quia.com/pages/rseybert/page2
520-219-0674
2012 PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE
PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE NOTIFICATION
AND THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE NAME FOR THE CERTIFICATE(Check the name label on the envelope).
Please respond by March 25!
Once I have sent materials to the printer, they cannot be changed.
Congratulations! Your student/child has qualified to represent your school
and participate in the state level of the
National Geographic Bee, sponsored by GOOGLE and Plum Creek Timber, Co.
• There is not a formal registration. Arrive between 8:00 am and 8:45 am.
Go to the TCC lobby(foyer). There will lists of names and the competition room assigned.
• Find the student name on the posted lists and go to your assigned room. Competition begins at 9 am.
Please do not enter the rooms until the officials have invited contestants and guests to come in!
• It is extremely important to be on time. Once the questioning has started no further students will be admitted.
• The Championship round will begin at 12:00PM
• Contestants will be divided into 5 preliminary round rooms
and at the end of the rounds of questioning the top ten students from all of the preliminary rooms will proceed
to the final championship round
• If a tie breaking round is needed, it will be held immediately after the preliminary round rooms. Only contestants
and Bee officials will be allowed in the room during the tiebreaker.
 o T-shirts and certificates will be handed out in the
preliminary round room in which you competed after the final competition.
o Please to do not ask for exceptions or that the certificate and T-shirt be mailed.
The National Geographic supports the participation of students with physical disabilities such as vision or hearing, in the National Geographic Bee.
The teacher of a physically disabled student should
immediately notify the National Geographic Bee office at 202-828-6659.
This notification must take place at least two weeks before the state Bee on March 30, 2012.
The director of the Bee and the school, working with the family, will discuss any
accommodations that might be needed for the physically disabled student.
Video taping of the Bee is not allowed except by official representatives of the media.
Please do not take photographs during the questioning part
of the competition. There will opportunities when the students are directly competing.
Turn off cell phones, no texting, or taking pictures.
1-202-828-6659
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/teachers-and-parents
What to Wear? Pants, dresses, skirts, neat knit or dress shirts, blouses. Please no shorts or t-shirts.
Neat and clean.
Inquiry Procedure:
Inquiries relating to any Bee question must be brought to the
attention of the designated official by a teacher-escort.
The teacher-escort may only file an inquiry relating to questions posed to his or her student.
In the Preliminary Competition,
inquiries must be referred to the judge
in the room before the contestant affected received his or her next question.
The moderator and the judge will make a decision quickly,
and their decision is final.
In the Final Competition, inquiries must be referred
to the state coordinator before the contestant affected
receives his or her next question, or would have received a question
had the contestant remained in the competition. The judges and the coordinator will make a
decision quickly.
Their decision is final.
2012 Arizona Geographic Bee
Sponsored by National Geographic Society, Google and Plum Creek
Semifinalist Press Release
_______________________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Local Student Named Arizona National Geographic Bee Semifinalist
By National Geographic Society
Student’s Name:
Parents’ Names:
School Name and Address:
Grade Level:
The above-named student has been notified by the National Geographic
Society that he or she is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2012 Arizona National Geographic Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek.
Bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school’s Bee winner. School-level winners then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society.
In each of the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools, and the U.S. territories, the National Geographic Society
invited the students with the top 100 scores to compete at the state level.
The 2012 Arizona National Geographic Bee will be held Tucson Convention Center, Tucson on Friday, March 30, 2012.
The state winner will receive $100, the “Complete National Geographic on DVD”, and a trip to Washington, D.C.,
where he/she will represent Arizona in the national finals at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 22 - 24, 2012. The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the Society.
The national winner will also travel (along with one parent or guardian), all expenses paid, to the Galápagos Islands. The winner will experience geography firsthand through up-close encounters
with the wildlife and landscape of Galápagos. Travel for the trip is provided by Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. For additional information on the National Geographic Bee please visit
www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee.
National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild will air the final round of the 2012 National Geographic Bee, moderated by Alex Trebek,
on Thursday, May 24 (to be followed on public television stations). Please check local television listings for date and time in your area.
How would you fare as a Bee contestant? At the school-level Bee this year, students had to answer such questions as:
The Bitterroot Range is located on the border between Montana and which other state?
Idaho
Which city on the Great Lakes has the largest population?
Chicago
The Stuttgart region, an important automobile manufacturing center, is located near the Black Forest in which country?
Germany
What word is used to describe the side of a mountain that faces the prevailing winds?
windward
MEDIA NOTE: Prior to the state finals on March 30, press materials with additional information about the state- and national-level contests will be posted online.
To be notified when these materials are available, or for other inquiries, please contact Stephanie Montgomery (smontgom@ngs.org / 202-857-5838) or Carrie Engel (cengel@ngs.org / 202-457-8449) from the National Geographic Communications office. You may also contact the state Bee coordinator,
(Beckie Seybert, geonut@earthlink.net, 520219-0674) for additional information)
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
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. National Geographic reflects the world through its magazines, television programs, films, music and radio, books, DVDs, maps, exhibitions, live events, school publishing programs, interactive media
and merchandise. National Geographic magazine, the Society’s official journal, published in English and 33 local-language editions, is read by more than 60 million people each month.
The National Geographic Channel reaches 380 million households in 37 languages in 163 countries. National Geographic Digital Media receives more than 19 million visitors a month.
National Geographic has funded more than 10,000 scientific research, conservation and exploration projects and supports an education program promoting geography literacy.
For more information, visit www.nationalgeographic.com.
ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
Google
Downloaded by over a billon people around the globe, Google Earth continues to mesmerize students by placing the world’s geographic information on their computer and at their fingertips.
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on the planet to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, Street View, historical imagery, and more!
At Google, we believe that geography education is more critical than ever as the world becomes a smaller place. Google is excited to sponsor the 2012 National Geographic Bee.
Plum Creek
Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse private landowner in the nation with approximately 6.6 million
acres of timberlands in major timber producing regions of the United States and wood products manufacturing facilities in the Northwest.
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