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Animal Facts: Spotted turtle
The spotted turtle is a highly recognizable North American species that is known for its distinctive yellow spots on its dark coloured shell. …
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The spotted turtle is a highly recognizable North American species that is known for its distinctive yellow spots on its dark coloured shell. …
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Despite being Manitoba’s official bird, the great grey owl can be found in nearly every Canadian province and territory. …
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As a seasonally camouflaged species, the rock ptarmigan has brown plumage in the summer and white plumage in the winter to blend in with its surroundings. …
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The massive North Atlantic Right Whale is Canada's “true whale of the ice.” …
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Highlights from the last day of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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Highlights from day three of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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Highlights from the second day of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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Highlights from the first day of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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Highlights from a visit to the Halifax Citadel on Canada's Coolest School Trip
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The Arctic char is the most northernly occurring of any freshwater fish and mainly inhabits the Arctic and adjacent oceans.
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As one of Canada's most well-loved animals, the red fox can be characterized by its beautiful colour and white-tipped fluffy tail. …
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As the fastest land animal in North America, the pronghorn is a highly migratory animal that has incredible vision and can be identified by the horns on its head. …
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As the largest heron in North America, the great blue heron stands about one metre tall. …
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Within Canada, there are several species of wolves that occupy approximately 90 per cent of their historic range. …
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Highlights from day three of Canada’s Coolest School Trip
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Often identified by their large tusks, walrus are large marine mammals that can weigh more than 2000 pounds. …
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As one of Canada's most recognizable animals, the polar bear is the largest bear in the world and the top predator in the Arctic.
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Caribou are highly migratory animals that stay together in herds while they move almost constantly. …
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Beluga whales are one of the most recognizable species of whale thanks to their white colouring and thick bodies which are primarily made of blubber (40 to 50 per cent of their…
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The bald eagle is one of Canada's largest birds of prey and is well-known for its regal appearance and contrasting coloured feathers.
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Highlights from day two of Canada’s Coolest School Trip
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Highly adapted to living in the cold, the Arctic hare has shortened ears and limbs and almost a quarter of its body is made up of fat. …
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As one of Canada's most beautiful mammals, the Arctic fox is well-known for its white fur which is why it's often referred to as the snow fox.
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Highlights from day one of Canada’s Coolest School Trip 2019
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Canadian Geographic Education offers a new multimedia educational resource centred on Indigenous content
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Canadian Geographic celebrates the exploration and conservation work of RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth in a new Google Earth Voyager story
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Highlights from Day 3 of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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Highlights from the first two days of Canada's Coolest School Trip
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Canadian Geographic Education tapped to host workshops to help teachers make the most of the new tool
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The dean of the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning discusses the school's upcoming summer-semester project taking place on three rivers in the Northwest Territories
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Canadian Geographic Education and The Royal Canadian Geographical Society unveil new tools to help students explore the legacy of the Great War
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On the final day of Canada's Coolest School Trip, the students went whitewater rafting, rode the Jasper SkyTram and soaked in the Miette Hot Springs
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“You can do it Mrs. O’Brien, just look up and follow us.” Step by step the principal of Duke of Connaught school was led by Mrs. Ramsay’s Grade 7/8 class around Jasper…
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Last year Can Geo Education hosted a one-day BioBlitz in Riding Mountain National Park, Man., but the magnitude of this year’s project is much larger
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The students are peering over the edge of Maligne Canyon, a sinuous 50 metre deep chute carved out of the limestone by the Malign River. The thunder of the water is echoing off…
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With a few quick rolls of a feather the pungent smoke rises from the shell and tumbles over the heads, hearts and feet of the stock-still students. The only sound is the rustle…
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The famous champion of geographical education dished some valuable career and life advice to a gymnasium full of students at the Roberta Bondar Public School in Ottawa, Ontario
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From June 3 to 5, these 20 young geographers will vie for the title of National Champion in Ottawa
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Did you know polar bears aren’t actually white? Or that bears mark their territory by rubbing their backs on trees?
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The second Energy IQ tour will bring energy awareness to six schools in southern British Columbia
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11 facts about Canada and Canadians that are sure to entertain children of all ages
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The chance to sleep in a bed was a welcome one. Over the past week the Grade 8 class from Caledonia…
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In the morning no one mentions ghosts wandering the halls of the old Levis Fort where we slept the night before, but it’s possible the Grade 8 class was too tired to notice.…
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Following along on Day 2 of the Canada's Coolest School Trip
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“A few of us arrived at the airport two hours early, we were so excited,” said Grace Fenton, a Grade 8 student from Caledonia Regional High School from Hillsborough,…
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Want to immerse your class in Canada's geography, but don't have the space for one of Canadian Geographic Education's giant maps? Our new tiled maps might be just the…
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A grade 10 student from Calgary, Alberta has been crowned Canada’s newest geography champion.
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The Canadian Geographic Challenge, now in its 20th anniversary year, will bring 20 young…
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The Canadian Geographic Challenge is turning 20! To celebrate we’ve compiled a list of our favourite past quiz questions. Can you answer them correctly?
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From visiting historical sites to watching orcas, it was an unforgettable experience for this Grade 8 class
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While the kids are off enjoying summer, there was no rest for 10 of Canada's best teachers.In mid-July, these top educators attended the second annual Classroom Energy…
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And just like that, it was done. Canada's Coolest School Trip is over and the students are on their way…
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Transients, residents, L-pods and J-pods. Those were the codes for the orca groups the École Antoine-Roy Grade 8 students saw on the second morning of Canada's Coolest School…
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It was a day of battles, gunfire, food and fun as the Grade 8 students from École Antoine-Roy enjoyed their first full day in British Columbia on Canada's Coolest School…
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The day began with dipping their fingers in the Atlantic Ocean. Before midnight, they were touching the Pacific.Two oceans in one day for a group of students from Gaspé,…
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Unplug your laptop, turn down the heat a degree or two and swap out those old electricity-sucking CFL light bulbs. It’s that time of year again — the Classroom Energy Diet…
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Sign up for this year’s Classroom Energy Diet Challenge
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Walking across Canada has never been so easy. The Royal Canadian Geographical Society showcased its four giant floor maps of…
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Just three months after gathering in support of geographic education in Canada, a community of educators has received affirmation for its vision and action plan, as delineated…
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Canadians now have a novel way of exploring the boreal forest — with a new Canadian Geographic Education giant floor…
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Walking across Canada has never been so easy.The Royal Canadian Geographical Society held an event in Ottawa on Nov. 18…
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Three of Canada's brightest young minds in geography walked away with silver medals at the National Geographic…
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It came down to a nail-biting tiebreaker question, but Team Canada pulled through to win the…
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As Canadians start their week after a (hopefully) restful weekend, Team Canada moves into day three of the…
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They’re as big as half a school gymnasium and weigh more than 45 kilograms, and this fall, they’ll be helping Canadian students learn about their country in engaging new…
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This spring, Parks Canada and Canadian Geographic collaborated to award a grade-eight class from Caronport, Sask.,
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This spring, Parks Canada and Canadian Geographic collaborated to award a grade-eight class from Caronport, Sask.,
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This spring, Parks Canada and Canadian Geographic collaborated to award a grade-eight class from Caronport, Sask.,
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On July 10, 1943, Allied forces arrived on the shores near Pachino, Sicily, to begin their invasion of Italy. The 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 1st Canadian Army Tank…
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The Classroom Energy Diet Challenge (CEDC) is saving kilowatts one school at a time, and the…
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Shortly after Judith Adler made a basic map quiz part of her second-year Sociology of the Family class at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, she realized that…
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Canadian Geographic Education’s series of giant floor maps gives students a colossal dose of cartography and is a powerful teaching tool
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After reading this week’s articles about
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For the past 18 years, scores of students across Canada have tested their geographic knowledge through the Great Canadian…
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Classrooms across Canada are once again gearing up for the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge, presented by
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Walking through Canada’s network of national parks, national historic sites and marine conservation areas would normally take many years, if not decades. But there will soon…
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What do the Halifax Storm, Fredericton Acadians, Québec Grenadians and Yellowknife Yetis all have in common? Apart from being fictional Canadian Football League (CFL) teams,…
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Think of it as a graduation of sorts — one that was nearly two decades in the making. After 19 years, the Canadian Council for Geographic…
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The Students on Ice Arctic expedition is over, we've made our sad farewells and are all returning to our daily routines. One thing I miss about being up North is our daily story…
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Students and teachers interact with a giant floor map at Strathcona Public School in Kingston, Ont.It may have ended nearly 200 years ago,…
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To paraphrase an old saying, behind every great geography superstar is a great teacher or parent. That is certainly the case with two of this year’s
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After six years as the Atlantic representative of the Canadian Council for Geographic Education (CCGE), Peggy March has reached…
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From broadcasting key energy tips during the morning announcements to inventing a green product, nearly 12,000 students from across Canada learned about energy awareness during…
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The Kitchen-Kuiack household of Marsh Lake, Y.T., displayed outstanding teamwork, ingenuity and dedication throughout the
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Back row, from left: Lynn Moorman, Connie Wyatt Anderson, Jane Kerr-Wilson, Peggy March, Geoff Buerger. Front row: Rob Langston, Emily Schell,…