National Geographic Bee

Schools with students in grades 4-8 in the United States are eligible to participate in this annual competition.  Principals can find out how to register their schools by going to:  www.nationalgeographic.com/geographicbee.  Schools that register by the deadline to conduct a school-level Bee, receive all contest materials and information they need.  The school contest, with a minimum of six students participating, produces one school winner.  That one school Bee winner then takes a qualifying test to determine up to the top 100 scoring students in each state who are invited to the state-level Bees.  The winners of state Bees compete in the national finals in Washington, D.C. in late May.  Check with your school to see if they participate in this annual event. 

Information specific to the Tennessee Geography Bee can be found at http://www.tngeographicbee.org/

The Tennessee Geographic Bee Coordinator is Catherine Kelly  cgkelly@comcast.net

Contact Information

Kurt Butefish, Coordinator
Tennessee Geographic Alliance
304 Geography Bldg.
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0925

Phone: 865-974-4841
Email: kbutefis@utk.edu