Form: S4 Subject : Geography No. of periods per cycle: 9 Teacher: Mr. Eric Chau Year/Month 2009 September October November Topics / Subjects to be covered skills (if any) Remarks Cycle 1 What is tropical rainforest? Reading satellite How does the ecosystem of rainforest operate? images (pp. 4, 9) 2 What causes tropical deforestation? What are the impacts of large-scale deforestation on tropical rainforests? Map interpretation skill (pp. 6, 8) Graphical skill: bar graph (p. 7) Graphical skill: climatic graph (p. 17) Data interpretation 3 What are the measures to prevent tropical rainforests from disappearing? Photo interpretation (pp. 71, 77) Decision making: the action of a native tribe who faces the destruction of the rainforest (pp. 73-4) one unit test after completion of each unit 25/10-6/11 1 st Uniform Test December January 4 What are the constraints of the implementation of these measures? 5 Famine What is famine? Where do most famine occur? Factors affecting agricultural production Photo interpretation (p.5-6) Analytical skill (p.30) 3/1-15/1 First Term Examination 6 The characteristics of nomadic herding in the Sahel 1
Form: S4 Subject : Geography No. of periods per cycle: 9 Teacher: Mr. Eric Chau Year/Month February Cycle Topics / Subjects to be covered skills (if any) Remarks 7 The characteristics of the irrigation agriculture in South Calfornia Map interpretation skill google map (pp. 8 To what extent can technology help increase agricultural production and 49 50) alleviate food shortages? March March April April May 9 Global warming: Is it a responsibility for human beings? Is our earth getting warmer? Global warming: The normal global distribution pattern of temperature? 10 Global warming: What are the causes of global warming? 11 Impact of global warming on human beings (on their livelihood and production) What can do to slow down the pace of global warming? 12 Sustainable City: How has the urban population in Hong Kong changed? How has the internal structure and urban areas of our city changed? Drawing sketches and transects (p.7) Map reading skills: conventional signs and grid references (p.8) Writing an comparison essay (p.34-35) 13 Sustainable City: What problems does a growing city bring? Photo interpretation (pp. 39) 14 Sustainable City: Is it a possible solution? 21/3-2/4 2 nd Uniform Test 2
Form: S4 Subject : Geography No. of periods per cycle: 9 Teacher: Mr. Eric Chau Year/Month May- June Topics / Subjects to be covered skills (if any) Remarks Cycle 15 Sustainable City: What are the costs of developing Hong Kong into a Drawing pie charts 23/5-7/6 sustainable city? (p.68-69) Final examination GIS skill: studying the wall effect problem in Tsuen Wan by using Centamap (p.70-71) Map Reading skills 16 revision 3
TEACHING SCHEDULE ( 2011) Form: S5 Subject : Geography No. of periods per cycle: 9 Teacher: Mr. Ray Hon Year/Month Cycl e 1-2 Global warming- Are humans responsible? - What are the causes of global warming? 2009 September 3-4 - How does global warming affect us? - How can we ease the problem? 5 Opportunities and Risks- Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas? - Is the earth we live on stable? Graphical skill: climatic graph (p. 17) Data interpretation Photo interpretation (pp. 71, 77) 25/10-6/11 1 st Uniform Test October-November 6-7 - What are the major internal forces and processes, and the resulting landforms? - How do plate movements create hazards? December- January 8 - Do all arease suffer from tectonic hazards in the same way? Photo interpretation (p.5-6) Analytical skill (p.30) 9 Is it rational to choose to live in hazard-prone areas? 3/1-15/1 First Term Examination 1
TEACHING SCHEDULE ( 2011) Form: S5 Subject : Geography No. of periods per cycle: 9 Teacher: Mr. Ray Hon Year/Month February Cycl e 10 Managing river and coastal environments : A continuing challenge Map interpretation - How does water shape our rivers and coasts? skill google map (pp. 49-50) 11 - What are the major fluvial processes? 21/3-2/4 2 nd Uniform Test March 12 - How do fluvial process shape the land? April 13 - How do coastal processes shape the land? - How can human activity influence and alter river and coastal environments? 14 Elective section: Dynamic Earth -What is the earth system? What is the structure of the earth? - How do internal forces shape the landscape of Hong Kong? Photo interpretation (pp. 39) Drawing pie charts (p.68-69) Centamap (p.70-71) 15 - What types of rocks are found in Hong Kong? - How is the landscape of Hong Kong shaped by external processes? 23/5-7/6 Final examination May 2
Form: S6 Subject : Geography No. of periods per 10 day cycle: 16 Teacher: Mr. Ray Hon Year/Month Cycle 2009 September 1 What is AL geography? Introduction of the AL Geography curriculum Biotic system Ecosystem: components, interactions, stability Comparison of different biomes 2 Man-land relationship in selected natural landscapes - an understanding of man-land relationship within : tropical desert HW 3 - an understanding of man-land relationship within : tropical rainforest October 4 -- Major factors and processes affecting the nature of soils a. physical and chemical properties of soil b. soil profile and its development processes c. factors of soil formation 5 - d. soil forming processes in different environments e. oxisols and latosols HW 25/10-6/11 1 st Uniform Test 1
Form: S6 Subject : Geography No. of periods per 10 day cycle: 16 Teacher: Mr. Ray Hon Year/Month Cycle 6 - Factors affecting the development of vegetation -- Plant-environment relationships at a global scale November 7 Plant-environment relationships at a local scale Comparison of different biomes December January 8 Landform system plate tectonics & the distribution of major landform features -- plate tectonics: concept and supporting evidence 9 -- spatial distribution of the plates and major landform features (volcanoes, ocean trenches, fold mountains, mid-oceanic ridges and rift valleys) -- relationship between plate movement and the following phenomena: i) earthquake, ii) vulcanicity, and iii) mountain building 3/1-15/1 First Term Examination HW 2
Form: S6 Subject : Geography No. of periods per 10 day cycle: 16 Teacher: Mr. Ray Hon Year/Month Cycle 10 11 The drainage basin system -- What forces would change the land? -- What is a drainage basin system? -- What hydrological processes occur on a drainage basin? -- Variations in hydrological processes in different environments -- How do hydrological processes affect landform development? February The channel subsystem -- What is a channel subsystem? -- How does a river channel look like? -- What are the morphological characteristics of a stream channel? -- How powerful is a river? -- How can a river change the land? --What changes would occur on the river profile? The weathering subsystem -- What is a weathering subsystem? -- Different types of weathering -- What are the outputs of weathering? -- Which type of weathering is dominant? 3
Form: S6 Subject : Geography No. of periods per 10 day cycle: 16 Teacher: Mr. Ray Hon Year/Month Cycle March 12 The slope subsystem -- What is a slope subsystem? -- What slope processes are there? -- When will a slope become unstable? -- What types of movement would occur on hillslope? -- What are the general characteristics of a slope? April 13 Agricultural Landscape A. Farming as an ecological and economic system B. How do farmers decide on their crops and/or livestock selection and production? 21/3-2/4 2 nd Uniform Test 14 Spatial patterns in agricultural landscapes April Models of agricultural location i. Von Thunen Model May ii. Sinclair Model 15 impact of urbanization & industrialization on farming farming hazards 23/5-7/6 Final examination 4
Form: S7 Subject : Geography Teacher: Mr. Eric Chau Year/Month Cycle Topics / Subjects to be covered Urban & Industrial Landscapes Adjustments (if any) Remarks September 1 2 concepts of manufacturing location : -- role of raw materials, energy, labour, transport, market, technology, behavioural and institutional factors; agglomeration and decentralization -- Weber s industrial location model October 3 Impacts of urbanization & industrialization on the quality of the environment location, spacing, size and functions of urban settlements 4 central place theory November 5 6 7 spatial patterns in urban landscapes a) urban land use models -- Burgess, Hoyt, Harris & Ullman b) urban population densities December 8 urban problems : -- housing, transport January 2011 to Mock exam 9 10 11 Revision, map reading, and analysis of AL past exam papers S7 Mock Exam 14/2 to 26/2 1