Purposes
The aims of the curriculum are to enable students to:
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understand the Earth they inhabit, and enable them to recognise and interpret, from a spatial perspective, the arrangement of phenomena and features on Earth, the processes at work, the interactions that occur, the changes that result, and the issues and management responses that arise;
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develop the general intellectual capacity and generic skills needed for lifelong learning through geographical enquiry, and the ability to apply these in life situations;
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appreciate the wonder, interdependence and fragility of the local and global environment, and the importance of promoting sustainable development; and
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develop a sense of citizenship, a global outlook, and readiness to take action for the betterment of society, the nation and the world.
Curriculum
Junior Form
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Map reading skills
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Gradient
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Vertical exaggeration
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Map evidence
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Plate tectonics and tectonic hazards
Senior Form
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Compulsory Part:
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Living with our physical environment
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Opportunities and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas?
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Managing Rivers and Coastal Environments: A continuing challenge
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Facing changes in the human environment
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Changing Industrial Location – How and why does it change over space and time?
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Building a Sustainable City – Are environmental conservation and urban development mutually exclusive?
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Confronting global challenges
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Combating Famine – Is technology a panacea for food shortage?
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Disappearing Green Canopy – Who should pay for the massive deforestation in rainforest regions?
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Global Warming – Is it fact or fiction?
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Elective Part:
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Dynamic Earth: the building of Hong Kong
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Weather and Climate
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Teachers
| Teacher-in-charge | Ms. Lam Wai Ping |
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| Members | Ms. Cheng Wing Sze |
