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With calm determination, 14-year-old Caitlin Snaring snared a title on Wednesday that only one other girl in geographic history has held: She won the National Geographic Bee.
In Snaring's first-time run at the bee in the nation's capital, the home-schooled eighth grader from Washington state gave a flawless performance -- not missing a single question over two days of national competition -- and took home the title.
HT: HE&OS
- National Day Of Prayer For (some) Christians Only
Thinking Homeschoolers are challenged to write about either National Spankout Day or the National Day of Prayer, by April 30th. I choose the National Day of Prayer to write about. I used to think what's the big deal. In fact I kind of liked the idea...
- Homeschooler Wins Spelling Bee And Heads To Math Camp
WASHINGTON --Having spelled "serrefine" to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Evan O'Dorney is ready to tackle an even more unusual challenge for a 13-year-old boy. "In the fall," said his mother, Jennifer, "he'll be taking calculus." Evan,...
- Homeschooled Matthew Evans Took The Top Prize Today In The Fifth Annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge,
Orlando, FL, May 15, 2007 – Matthew Evans, a seventh-grader from Albuquerque, New Mexico, took the top prize today in the fifth annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge, America’s premier vocabulary competition. The 12-year-old student,...
- All About Hummingbirds
Check out the National Geographic's hummingbird video, Beautiful Hummers. Then read their hummingbird feature Flight of Fancy. ...
- How Many Planets?
No, it's not nine. Pluto has been demoted, and is now classified as a dwarf planet, leaving us with 8 full fledged planets. The International Astronomical Union's (IAU) decision means textbooks will now have to describe a Solar System with just...
Animals
Homeschooled Caitlin Snaring wins the National Geographic Bee
With calm determination, 14-year-old Caitlin Snaring snared a title on Wednesday that only one other girl in geographic history has held: She won the National Geographic Bee.
In Snaring's first-time run at the bee in the nation's capital, the home-schooled eighth grader from Washington state gave a flawless performance -- not missing a single question over two days of national competition -- and took home the title.
HT: HE&OS
- National Day Of Prayer For (some) Christians Only
Thinking Homeschoolers are challenged to write about either National Spankout Day or the National Day of Prayer, by April 30th. I choose the National Day of Prayer to write about. I used to think what's the big deal. In fact I kind of liked the idea...
- Homeschooler Wins Spelling Bee And Heads To Math Camp
WASHINGTON --Having spelled "serrefine" to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Evan O'Dorney is ready to tackle an even more unusual challenge for a 13-year-old boy. "In the fall," said his mother, Jennifer, "he'll be taking calculus." Evan,...
- Homeschooled Matthew Evans Took The Top Prize Today In The Fifth Annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge,
Orlando, FL, May 15, 2007 – Matthew Evans, a seventh-grader from Albuquerque, New Mexico, took the top prize today in the fifth annual Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge, America’s premier vocabulary competition. The 12-year-old student,...
- All About Hummingbirds
Check out the National Geographic's hummingbird video, Beautiful Hummers. Then read their hummingbird feature Flight of Fancy. ...
- How Many Planets?
No, it's not nine. Pluto has been demoted, and is now classified as a dwarf planet, leaving us with 8 full fledged planets. The International Astronomical Union's (IAU) decision means textbooks will now have to describe a Solar System with just...