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GeoPlunge and HistoryPlunge - Free, Online Tournaments

  • 1.  GeoPlunge and HistoryPlunge - Free, Online Tournaments

    Posted Mar 22, 2021 09:22 AM
    GeoPlunge and HistoryPlunge are two physical games from LearningPlunge. They have participated in past ALAPlay gaming events and are used in my School Library System. We purchased copies of GeoPlunge for all of our fifth grade classrooms in hopes of reviving a local geography tournament...then COVID closed things down. But LearningPlunge took things online and has been hosting virtual tournaments for schools (and individual students) from around the country. Here is the latest update from them about Spring tournaments. 

    Christopher Harris, Ed.D.
    School Library System
    Genesee Valley BOCES
    cgharris@gvboces.org

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    LearningPlunge is gearing up for our spring virtual GeoPlunge and HistoryPlunge tournaments. If your students would like to participate, the schedule and registration links are below. Note that to accommodate spring breaks, we are running the 1st session 2 times so players can choose which week to participate.

    We have attached flyers for both GeoPlunge and HistoryPlunge.   Please feel free to forward this email to your students' parents so if their children are interested in this fun, virtual educational activity, they can register them to participate.  We ran a similar program in the fall and the children loved it.  It is absolutely free as well.

    SCHEDULE

    Time for all 4:00 PM ET (contact us for alternatives)
    As with the fall tournament, the first 3 weeks will cover a subset of information and the final week will pull it all together.

    GeoPlunge Level 1 (Tuesday): April 6 or 13, 20, 27, and May 4
    GeoPlunge Level 2 (Wednesday): April 7 or 14, 21, 28, and May 5
    HIstoryPlunge (Thursday):     April 8 or 15, 22, 29, and May 6

    Registration Link for both GeoPlunge levels: https://forms.gle/jZVBatVeDxPJoBYu5
    Registration Link for HistoryPlunge: https://forms.gle/t6FiUZ1zGVXwbhA8A

    4-minute video on how to play GeoPlunge
    4-minute video on how to play HistoryPlunge

    Questions? Feel free to contact us. We are here to help!

    Robin G. Hayutin
    Executive Director
    LearningPlunge Inc.
    571-216-7712
    www.learningplunge.org
    Facebook and YouTube: LearningPlunge
    Follow us on Twitter for fun facts about the U.S. @geoplunge
    Follow us on Instagram for fun facts about the U.S. @learningplunge


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    Christopher Harris
    Director, School Library System
    Genesee Valley Educational Partnership
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