Geography
The aims of this curriculum are to enable students:
- to develop knowledge, understanding and interest of surrounding environment and the world;
- to develop knowledge , understanding of the interaction between human and environment;
- to think and to enquire in a geographical manner;
- to appreciate the natural environment and have a better understanding on the interaction between different organisms, and thus to contribute to the sustainable development of human societies and the natural environment;
- to develop an understanding and respect for other people, their values, cultures and ways of life.
Senior form Geog student conducted a field trip in Kwun Tong, inquiring the change of industrial land use in this traditional industrial area.
Curriculum Content
Junior Form (S1-S3)
Form1 | 1. | Map Reading Skill (School-based) |
2. | Urban development and Industrial development in Hong Kong (School-based) | |
Form2 | 1. | Changing Climate and Global Warming |
2. | Food Problem | |
Form3 | 1. | Natural Hazard |
2. | Ocean Crisis |
Senior Form (S4 to S6)
The Compulsory Part
1. | Opportunities and Risks — Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas? |
2. | Managing River and Coastal Environments: A continuing challenge |
3. | Changing Industrial Location – How and why does it change over space and time? |
4. | Building a Sustainable City — Are environmental conservation and urban development mutually exclusive? |
5. | Combating Famine — Is technology a panacea for food shortage? |
6. | Disappearing Green Canopy— Who should pay for the massive deforestation in rainforest regions? |
7. | Climate Change—Long-term fluctuation or irreversible trend? |
The Elective Part
1. | Regional Study of Zhujiang (Pearl River) Delta |
Useful Links
Google Map | https://www.google.com.hk/maps/@22.3580723,113.8408309,10z?hl=en |
Geoinfo Map | http://www2.map.gov.hk/gih3/view/index.jsp |
Hong Kong Observatory | http://www.hko.gov.hk/contentc.htm |
Geog hkedcity | http://ihouse.hkedcity.net/~hm1203/other_links.htm |
Enjoy Hiking | https://www.hiking.gov.hk/ |
Oasistrek | http://www.oasistrek.com/trail.php |
Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark | http://www.geopark.gov.hk/ |
Friends of Earth (HK) | https://www.foe.org.hk/ |
Greenpower | https://www.greenpower.org.hk/ |
World Wide Fund for Nature | http://www.wwf.org.hk/ |
Produce Green Foundation | http://www.producegreen.org.hk/event2.asp |