Breckon Davidson Wins China Middle School National Geographic Geobee
Students from China Middle School participated in the school-level competition of the National Geographic GeoBee on December 21st. Breckon Davidson, an eighth grade student, won first place for the second year in a row, with Max Sanborn, a seventh grade student, winning second place.
The school-level competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students’ curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but also cultures, physical features, history, and earth science. To participate in the school bee, students had to be in the top ten school-wide for scores received during qualifying rounds in their social studies classes.
The National Geographic Society developed the GeoBee in 1989 in response to concern about the lack of geographic knowledge among young people in the United States. Over more than three decades, 120 million students have learned about the world through participation in the GeoBee.
School champions, including Breckon, will take an online qualifying test; up to 100 of the top test scorers in each state then become eligible to compete in their State GeoBee. The winners of the State GeoBees receive an all-expenses-paid trip to National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., next May to participate in the GeoBee national championship, competing for cash prizes, scholarships and an all-expenses-paid Lindblad expedition to the Galápagos Islands aboard the National Geographic Endeavour ll. Learn more atwww.natgeobee.org.