The Geography Challenge is a non-competitive display of students’ knowledge. As in past years, students form teams of 3 or 4 members and answer questions found in the Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge Study Books, which will be distributed on February 13th via email before the event. Students who participate will have the opportunity to learn basic geography facts and terms.  

It is not necessary to memorize the entire study guide.  This is meant to be a fun learning experience.  Some teams will break the study guide up and assign a section to individual members, others will just have all members study the entire guide. 

Teams will often dress up or make t-shirts/costumes to represent their team name - this is the really fun part!

All students attend the Geography Challenge regardless of whether they are on a team. 

This year's event will take place in the school gymnasium. The teams will be spaced out standing at desks equipped with dry erase boards/markers. All non-participating students will be seated on the floor. During the event, the MC will ask teams ~10-15 questions from the study guide. The teams will have 30 sec to 1 min to record their answer on a dry erase board (correct spelling is not required). With 3-4 players on a team, there is a good chance that one of them will know the answer! The MC will then ask the teams to hold up their boards and will call on the individual team to give their answer. After the last team has answered, the MC will announce the correct answer.  This is then repeated for each question. The final question for all teams is to identify a flag that volunteers will hold up. Teams tend to rotate players so that each is given the opportunity to write and verbalize their answer, but this is not required.  

Participation in the Geography Challenge tends to be high, with 85-100% of all Burbank students electing to take part. The Geography Challenge is unique to Burbank - we are the only elementary school in Belmont that hosts this fun, educational activity.