Geography
Aims
- To help students acquire the fundamental geographical knowledge and concepts.
- To help students develop specific geographical skills as well as general life skills.
- To provide sound geographical background knowledge, which is useful to them in society and help them further study.
- To equip students with an analytical mind to inquire the problems and issues in both local and global perspectives and to seek solutions.
- To help students learn how to acquire knowledge independently.
- To arouse and sustain students’ interest in studying Geography.
- To develop values and attitudes which promote cooperation and understanding among the peoples of the Earth and cultivate a sense of belonging to our society and nation.
- To develop awareness of the need for maintenance of a sustainable environment.
Curriculum Highlights
- Enable students to developing problem-solving skills and analytical minds by investigating up-to-date geographic issues.
- Reinforce student learning through conducting a wide variety of out-of classroom learning activities (e.g. Learning Beyond Classroom activities for Junior Forms, local and overseas fieldworks for Senior Forms).
- Integrate the learning of IT skills in the study of Geography by employing Geographic and Information System (GIS) and various elearning tools.
Curriculum Framework
Form 1 – 3 Geography
Core Modules
- Using Urban Space Wisely – Can we maintain a sustainable urban environment?
- Living with Natural Hazards – Are we better equipped than the others?
- Food Problem – Can we feed ourselves?
- The Trouble of Water – Too much and too little
- Global Shift of Manufacturing Industry – Opportunities and threats
- Scramble for Energy
Elective Modules
- Tourists – Friends or foes?
- Changing Climate, Changing Environments
- Oceans in Trouble
Form 4 – 6 Geography
Compulsory Part (7 geographical issues)
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?
- Climate Change – Long-term fluctuation or irreversible trend?
Elective Part
- Dynamic Earth: the Building of Hong Kong
- Weather and Climate
Fieldwork
Field trips will be organized to provide opportunities for students to apply what they have learnt in real-life situations.




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