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2008 National Geographic Bee

The National Geographic Bee is a nationwide contest for schools with any of the grades four through eight. It is an educational outreach program of the National Geographic Society. With a first-place prize of a $25,000 college scholarship--and other prizes in additional scholarships and cash--the Bee is designed to encourage the teaching and study of geography. Students from schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Pacific territories, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Department of Defense Dependents Schools take part in the Bee.

Principals of eligible schools must register their schools to participate. The Bee is a classroom and school-based competition. Principals may register by writing on school letterhead to National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-4688, and including the $50 fee. Please send check or money order only--no purchase orders. The deadline for registering is October 15, 2003. Please check with the principal of your school to see if the school is already registered, as the fee is nonrefundable. Bee Line: 202-828-6659

School Level Qualifying Test State Level National Level Fee Format Rules of Eligibility Source of Questions Competition administrator Participants Dates of competition Location of competition Prizes

	School Level	Qualifying Test	State Level	National Level
Fee	$50	None	None	None
Format	Oral	Written	Oral	Oral
Rules of Eligibility	Open to all registered schools;* registration ends October 15.	Students must win school competition.	Students must place in top 100 scores on Qualifying Test.	Students must win state competition.
Source of Questions	National Geographic Society	National Geographic Society	National Geographic Society	National Geographic Society
Competition administrator	School representative**	School representative**	State Bee Coordinator	National Geographic Society
Participants	Students in grades four through eight	Winning student from each school competition	As many as 100 finalists from each state and territory	State winners
Dates of competition	November 17, 2003, through January 16, 2004	Mail test to National Geographic Society. It must be postmarked by January 20 and received by January 31, 2004. No Faxes .	April 2, 2008	May 25-26, 2008
Location of competition	School building	School building	Pennington Biomedical Conference Center, Baton Rouge, LA	National Geographic Society, Washington, DC
Prizes	Prize and certificate to school winner; certificate to school; general certificate of participation (to be photocopied for all contestants)	Invitation to participate in state competition	First Place: $100, a prize, and a trip to Washington, DC. Second Place: $75 and a prize. Third Place: $50 and a prize. All students: T-shirts and certificates.	First Place: $25,000 college scholarship Second Place: $15,000 college scholarship Third Place $10,000 college scholarship Top ten finalists: $500 each

*Students who are prior winners of National Geographic Bee first-, second-, or third-place college scholarships are ineligible, as are members of the immediate families of National Geographic Society employees.

**Students and their parents and relatives must not have obtained, have had in their possession, or have seen copies of the School-level Question Booklet or the Qualifying Test (with the exception of administering this test to the winning student). We reserve the right to disqualify students for this reason.

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