Friday
May222009
Where in the World ...?
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 02:32PM
When I was in the seventh grade, our teacher made us learn and memorize all the countries in Africa and their capital cities. Today, I know nothing.
What happened?
It's scary to think about how much we don't know about the cities, countries, rivers, resources and cultures that populate our vast planet. Heck, I'd be willing to bet there are several people right here who couldn't find Malibu on the map.
Here's a resource that can help: Take National Geographic's daily GeoBee Challenge. I failed miserably, but it made me pry open the deepest recesses of my brain to try to stuff in some new material, like the fact that beautiful Barcelona is Spain's second largest city and is cradled between the Mediterranean and the Serra de Collserola hills.
The online portion of the GeoBee is part of the bigger National Geographic Bee, a geography competition for children in grades fourth through eighth. The national finals just wrapped last week in Washington, D.C. (congrats to 13-year-old Texas seventh grader Eric Yang!). Grab the kids and take the quiz. Surf around and learn a new geography fact for the day. Who knows, it might just make you want to travel there some day!
What happened?
It's scary to think about how much we don't know about the cities, countries, rivers, resources and cultures that populate our vast planet. Heck, I'd be willing to bet there are several people right here who couldn't find Malibu on the map.Here's a resource that can help: Take National Geographic's daily GeoBee Challenge. I failed miserably, but it made me pry open the deepest recesses of my brain to try to stuff in some new material, like the fact that beautiful Barcelona is Spain's second largest city and is cradled between the Mediterranean and the Serra de Collserola hills.
The online portion of the GeoBee is part of the bigger National Geographic Bee, a geography competition for children in grades fourth through eighth. The national finals just wrapped last week in Washington, D.C. (congrats to 13-year-old Texas seventh grader Eric Yang!). Grab the kids and take the quiz. Surf around and learn a new geography fact for the day. Who knows, it might just make you want to travel there some day!
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