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Students are using ESRI Canada data base in the computer lab to produce computerized maps. New local data banks have been purchased.

Field Studies of the local community using GPS technology linked with photos from the digital camera are stored in presentation format. New GPS units have been purchased.

Department of Geography

Department Information

There are three teachers in the department, all of whom hold Honours Specialists in Geography. The geography department utilizes geotechnologies at all levels, from grade nine to World Issues.

MAC Geography has hosted the TDSB Skills Canada competition for G.I.S. in 2012. In previous years MAC was represented at the Provincial level. In 2011 MAC was well represented in the Canadian National Parks Poster competition with a few students making it to the calendar. The Great Canadian Geography Challenge is held in the Winter of each year for the grade 9 and grade 10 students all over Canada. We are fortunate to have had students from the school at the Provincial competition over the years.

Many field studies are offered in the Geography Department at Macdonald. They provide students with an opportunity to enrich their classroom studies with first hand experience. We are currently putting a trip for all levels to attend World Earth Day in Costa Rica, April 19th 2013. Al Gore will be speaking at the conference that MAC students have an opportunity to attend. See the Geography Office for details about this year's trip. The chart below outlines the trips for the academic year.

Grade	Trip Location
Grade 9 and 10	Kensington Market/Chinatown
Grade 9 and 10	Toronto Zoo
Grade 11 Physical	Oak Ridges Moraine
	Warsaw Caves
	Tree Planting
	Science Centre
	Niagara Escarpment (possibly overnight)
Grade 11/12 Travel and Tourism	March Break Trip
	Wonderland
	Toronto City Tour
Environment and Resource Management Grade 12	Oak Ridges Moraine
	Rouge River Valley
	Tree Planting
	Tommy Thompson Park
	Niagara Escarpment
World Issues Grade 12	Hot Docs
World Issues Grade 12	Global Water Conference

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