Ganesh is a National Geographic Bee veteran. “It’s the culmination of all my hard work,” says Ganesh of winning the Kansas title and getting the opportunity to compete in the national contest. Then on weekends, eight to nine hours.” That’s because Ganesh will now take on other state champions in the national finals of National Geographic Bee that will be on TV and emceed by quizmaster Alex Trebek of Jeopardy game fame. So Ganesh spends many hours on his own every week pouring over various geography websites and having his mom quiz him. “You have to study almost every day because there are new places that you’ve never heard of.” “It’s fun but at the same time it takes a lot of work because there’s more than 190 countries,” says Ganesh. With his strong desire to know a lot of things - and his prodigious memory - Ganesh took the Kansas state title this spring in National Geographic Bee, a challenging contest for elementary and middle school kids that encourages the teaching and study of geography. And Ganesh has sort of that unique ability to not only understand the facts and figures concerning a certain topic but he also sees how those relate to the bigger picture.” History and social studies in general, we talk about connecting the dots. “He has a great ability to recall information,” says Murphy. History last year at Overland Trail and has watched him become an absolute whiz in social studies. “He really wants to know a lot of things,” says Overland Trail Middle School teacher Greg Murphy. So around like 100 miles away from the mouth of the Amazon River, sailors report you can taste fresh water and actually drink it. The waters mix and the salt water looses all its salinity. “It pushes a plume of water into (the ocean) that’s around 100 miles long and 150 miles wide. “When the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean,” says Ganesh. Here’s one of Ganesh’s favorite geography facts. Not necessarily a day to “go green” but a another day for Ganesh to learn more interesting facts about the people, places and other physical characteristics of this planet we call home. And this week’s FOX 4 Reaching 4 Excellence Young Achiever will be there as the Kansas state champion of National Geographic Bee.įor Overland Park 8th grader Ganesh Aruna, every day is Earth day. But next week in Washington, DC, the country’s social studies whiz kids will be in the spotlight. will get together for their big championship tournament. In a couple of weeks, the best young spellers in the U.S. National Geographic Bee is to the Earth what the Scripps National Spelling Bee is to the dictionary. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

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