Geography (S1-S6)
Course Objectives
Geographical education at S.1-3 level aims at enabling our students to develop basic geographical literacy and competency. Apart from helping students to acquire the essential geographical concepts, knowledge and skills for senior secondary education, the subject also equip students with fundamental knowledge and skills to tackle problems and challenges in their daily life. The design of the S.1-3 Geography curriculum has to strike a delicate balance between the need to stimulate students’ interest in geography and arouse their curiosity about our physical and human worlds on one hand, and the requisite to introduce the basic disciplinary essence of the subject on the other.
For S.4 to S.6 Geography, the curriculum comprises a compulsory part and an elective part. The compulsory part comprises seven geographical issues and problems that have strong relevance for Hong Kong students and are expected to be of considerable public concern for a reasonable period of time. They are structured around three major themes, namely ‘Living with our physical environment’, ‘Facing changes in the human environment’, and ‘Confronting global challenges’.
Secondary 1-3
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Form |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Whole year |
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S1 |
Using urban space wisely – can we maintain a sustainable urban environment? |
Food Problem – Can we feed ourselves? |
Map reading skills |
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S2 |
Global shift of manufacturing industry – Opportunities and threats |
The trouble of water – too much and too little |
Map reading skills |
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S3 |
Changing climate, changing environments |
Living with natural hazards – are we better equipped than the others? |
Map reading skills |
Secondary 4-6
- Geographical skills
- Living with our physical environment
- Opportunities and Risks – is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas?
- Managing Rivers and Coastal Environments: A continuing challenge
- Facing changes in the human environment
- Changing Industrial Location – How and why does it change over space and time?
- Building a Sustainable City – Are environmental conservation and urban development mutually exclusive?
- Confronting global challenges
- Combating Famine – Is technology a panacea for food shortage?
- Disappearing Green Canopy – Who should pay for the massive deforestation in rainforest regions?
- Global Warming – Is it fact or fiction?
The elective parts serve as an extension to the compulsory of the curriculum. The electives are as follows:
5. Dynamic Earth: the building of Hong Kong
6. A regional study of the Zhujiang Delta
Geographical activities
Field studies
Woodland field study
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Urban field study
Talks and exhibition
Planning Department Outreach program
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Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, AFCD – Minerals workshop
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External competitions and programs
Alumni sharing
