Chevy Chase Elementary School

National Geographic Bee

Here are some links on the National Geographic website that will help you get world-wise.

• National Geographic
• Map Machine
  - an interactive atlas
• Student Atlas
  - extends the MapMachine with physical and political maps
• Photo of the Day
• NG News
  - news of the world brings you the best of science and technology, animals and nature, the environment, history and culture, archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, weather and climate, space exploration, and more.
• NG Kids Guide
  - learn about the world as you play with games, coloring book pages, homework help, a Bookmark Factory, a Creature Feature animal encyclopedia, activities and experiments.
• Xpeditions
  - home of the U.S. National Geography Standards which includes Xpeditions Hall (an interactive virtual museum of geography), in-school and after-school activities, more than 500 geography-based lesson plans, and a printable outline map atlas that contains more than 1,200 maps.
• Geospy 
  Quiz yourself and competewith friends to see who can identify the most states or countries in the shortest time.
• Geobee - This Geographic Bee prep brings you five new questions a day direct from the Society's archive of actual competition questions.
• Animals - A profile of approximately 300 different animals.
• People and Places - Well organized information on 193 countries, the 50 U.S. States and 13 Canadian provinces and 50 major cities worldwide.
• World Music - Discover the music of the world in an interactive environment.