Goals

• To offer quality Geography education, which enables students to master Geography knowledge, concepts and skills within the context of PSHE key stages 3 and 4.
• To enable students to apply the above knowledge and skills to daily experience.
• To enable students to develop the following generic skills :
  • collaboration skills
  • communication skills
  • creativity
  • critical thinking skills
  • information technology skills
  • numeracy skills
  • problem-solving skills
  • self-management skills
  • study skills, and
• To develop students' multiple intelligence.
• To develop students' attitude conducive to full participation in adult life and citizenship.

Teaching strategies

• Helping students master basic concepts
• Helping students develop skills
• Helping students develop values and attitudes
• Teaching with students' varied abilities in mind
• Student-centred and enquiry-based learning
• Making learning relevant to students' everyday life
• Organizing a variety of extra-curricular activities

• Core Module 2 – Living With Natural Hazards

  Unit 2.1

  What is weather? What is climate?

  Unit 2.2

  What are the characteristics of the climate of HK?

  Unit 2.3

  How are tropical cyclones formed?

  Unit 2.4

  How do tropical cyclones affect the weather of HK?

  Unit 3.1

  What is the relief of Hong Kong?

  Unit 3.2/3.3

  What is landslide? Why do landslides occur in Hong Kong?

  Unit 3.4

  How do we respond to landslides?

  Unit 4.1

  What is the structure of the earth?

  Unit 4.2/4.3

  Why do earthquake occur? What are the negative effects of earthquakes?

  Unit 5.3

  Why do some people still live in hazard-prone areas?

• Core Module 4 – The Trouble Of Water

  Unit 1.1

  Where does water come from?

  Unit 1.2

  What is the global distribution pattern of water resources?

  Unit 2.1/2.2

  Water resources in China

  Unit 2.3

  Why are water resources distributed in such a pattern?

  Unit 3.3/3.4

  What are the causes of flooding and drought?

  Unit 3.6

  What are the changes in the water cycle of China over past few decades?

  Unit 4.1/4.2

  What measures have been adopted to alleviate flooding and drought?

  Unit 4.3

  Can large-scale water projects solve the water problems in China?

• Module One (Core): Opportunity and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas?

  • What has happened to areas with active tectonic activities?
  • What areas have been frequently affected by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis?
  • What are the related landform features found at plate boundaries? How are they formed?
  • Why are some earthquake and volcanic zones far away from plate boundaries?
  • How does plate movement create natural hazards that develop with these features? What are their effects?
  • What has been done to reduce the impact of these natural hazards? Why are they effective / ineffective?
  • Why are less developed areas more vulnerable to these natural hazards than more developed areas?
  • Why do some people still live in hazard-prone areas? Should people move away from hazard-prone areas? Is their choice rational?

• Module Two (Core): Managing River & Coastal Environments: A continuing challenge

  • How does water shape our rivers?
  • (a)What are the major processes operating at different parts of a river? (b)Why do the processes vary?
  • What are the major features created as a result of such variation?
  • (a)How can human activities influence and alter the river environments? (b)What are the consequences of this?
  • How does the management of river system pose a continuing challenge for people?
  • Why do coastal processes change over space?
  • What are the major features created as a result of such variation?
  • How can human activities influence and alter the coastal environments? What are the consequences of this?
  • How does the management of coastal systems pose a continuing challenge for people?

• Module Three (Core): Changing Industrial Location

  • What and why was the locational pattern of
    a) HK manufacturing industry between 1950 and 2000s?
    b) Location pattern of iron and steel industry in China?
    c) Location pattern of information technology industry?
  • How have globalization and technological advances affected the location and mode of production?
  • What are the likely impact of industrial relocation and changing modes of production?
  • What can be done and what should be done to alleviate the resultant problems?

• Module Four(Core): Building a Sustainable City – Are environmental conservation and urban development mutually exclusive?

  • (a) What is wrong with our growing city? (b) What problems does a growing city bring?
  • Why do cities keep growing?
  • How does the internal structure of a city change as it grows?
  • What are the processes involved in such a change?
  • What solutions are there for these problems?
  • What kinds of conflict will be created when solving the above problems?
  • What is a sustainable city?
  • What is the price for developing a sustainable city?
  • How should we choose?

• Module Five(Core): Combating Famine – Is technology a panacea for food shortage

  • Why do some regions have surplus food production whereas others are suffering from famine?
  • Where do most famines occur? What are the similarities found in regions frequently affected by famine?
  • What are the factors that affect the characteristics of farming in an area?
  • Where is Sahel? Where is Southern California? What are the characteristics of their natural environments?
  • What are the agricultural characteristics of nomadic farming in Sahel? What are the agricultural characteristics of irrigation farming in Southern California?
  • To what extent can technology help to increase agricultural production and alleviate food shortage? Is genetically modified food a possible way out?
  • Is it possible for us to minimise the negative impact of using technology in agriculture, and at the same time produce enough food for everyone?

• Module Six(Core): The Disappearing canopy– Who should pay for the mass destruction of tropical rainforest?

  • What would a tropical rainforest look like before large-scale deforestation? Why does it look like that?
  • What is the evidence for saying that tropical rainforest is a complex but fragile ecosystem?
  • What is the impact of large-scale deforestation in tropical rainforest regions?
  • How will it affect the local and global environments?
  • How will it affect the indigenous people?
  • How will it affect our lives in Hong Kong?
  • How can tropical rainforests be prevented from disappearing?
  • What price has to be paid to protect tropical rainforests, and who should pay?

• Module Seven(Core): Climate change

  • Is global warming fact or fiction?
  • How and why does temperature vary?
  • To what extent is global warming a natural process?
  • What will be the impact of global warming? How will it affect our lives?
  • What can be done about it?
  • How is climate changed locally?

• Module Eight(Elective) : Dynamic Earth – The physical landscape of Hong Kong

  • What is the physical landscape of Hong Kong?
  • Why does physical landscape matter?
  • What processes have shaped the physical landscape of Hong Kong?
  • How can people manage the geological resources and geological hazards in Hong Kong?

• Module Eight(Elective) : Dynamic Earth – Weather and climate

  • What are the two major control factors of the climatic system?
  • Why do the world’s wind and pressure vary?
  • What are the major global climatic zones?
  • How is Hong Kong’s weather and climate?
  • How and why do the climatic conditions of China vary?
  • What kinds of climatic hazards occur in China?
  • What is the impact of climatic hazards on human activities in China?
  • 8. How do people respond to drought problem in China?