Wah Yan College Kowloon
F.1 Geography Scheme of Work (2016-2017)
Textbook
1.
2.
3.
Geography for Modern Life Module B3 - Population problems
Geography for Modern Life Module A1 – Using urban space wisely
Junior Interactive Geography Core Module 6 - Scramble for Energy
SL: Scheduled number of lessons
AL: Actual number of lessons
School Term
First Term
(1/9/20162/1/2017, Weeks 1 to
18)
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
1
What is “GEOGRAPHY”?
2-4
1.1
How do we interpret
photos?
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Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
‧
Student Book
Interpreting the photos of
Guessing the meaning
Module A1,
our city
of conventional signs
Chapter 1
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Feature, caption
Skills
1.2
How do we read
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Identify the geo-issue
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Read and interpret photos
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Direction measurement
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Read and interpret map
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Find information in an atlas
Map: regional map,
climatic map, resource map,
relief map, transport map
‧
Scale: linear scale,
representative fraction
(R.F.), statement scale
Reading the maps of our city
4/
Values#
7 10 11 18
Guessing Game:
Knowledge
aerial photo, satellite image
‧
Consolidation
and
Assessment
1/
Photo: ground photo,
maps?
SL/AL
Teaching and
Learning
Activities
10 11
School Term
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
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Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
SL/AL
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
Values#
Geographical
information system
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Direction: compass
points, cardinal points,
whole circle bearing
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Conventional sign
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Grid system: grid line,
grid square, grid reference,
easting, northing
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Longitude, latitude
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Greenwich
Observatory, Prime
Meridian
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Time zone:
International Date
Line
5-6
2.1
What are the major
types of urban land use in
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Hong Kong?
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Urban area, rural area
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Land use: commercial,
Use an atlas to find out
Group project:
Major types of urban land
the major land uses in
Land uses near my
use
Hong Kong
home / school
Knowledge
‧
Land use pattern in Hong
Kong
4/
10 12
School Term
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
industrial, residential,
Skills
institutional, recreational,
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Identify the geo-issue
transport, mixed
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Interpret map
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Locate specific features and
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Manufacturing,
factory, warehouse,
Apartment building,
detached house, housing
estate
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
Values#
places on a map using
industrial estate
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SL/AL
Teaching and
coordinates and references
‧
Sketch a field map
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Use GIS to construct a land
use map
2.2
What are the urban
land use patterns in Hong
Kong?
Knowledge
‧
Characteristics of the Central
Business District (CBD)
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Location of the CBD in
Hong Kong
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Reasons for the location of
the CBD in Hong Kong
Skills
‧
Identify the geo-issue
‧
Interpret map
‧
Draw conclusion from
analysed geo-information
3.1
What are the
and data
18
School Term
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
characteristics of Central
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
‧
Business District?
‧
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
SL/AL
Values#
Identify spatial patterns on a
map
Central Business
District
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Central location
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Land rent
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Skyscraper
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Luxurious goods
3.2
Why is the CBD of
Map reading exercise:
Find the CBD on a
map
10
Hong Kong located in the
Describe the
Central District?
characteristics of the
‧
CBD
Accessible,
accessibility
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Coastal, reclaimed
land, reclamation
7-8
4.1
Where are the
Knowledge
4/
Revision of urban land
Distribution of industrial and
uses
areas in Hong Kong?
residential areas in Hong
Class discussion of the
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Kong
project work:
industrial and residential
‧
Flatted factory
building
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Reasons why some
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Tenement building
residential are near industrial
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Public housing
areas while some are far
Urban problems near
my home / school
10
School Term
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
‧
Suburb
4.2
Why are some
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
Values#
10
Skills
‧
Identify the geo-issue
industrial areas, but the
‧
Identify and describe
others are far away from
‧
Consolidation
from them
residential areas near
them?
SL/AL
Teaching and
patterns on a map
‧
Interpret photos
Factor of production
Urban planning
9-10
6.1 Why are our roads and
‧
Knowledge
4/
10
(Show interest in
tunnels full of
‧
vehicles?
tunnels full of vehicles
knowing more
Traffic congestion
‧
about other cities
6.2 What kinds of urban
Reasons for our roads and
Urban problems of the older
and inner parts of our city and the
problems can be found
causes
in the older and inner
‧
city of Hong Kong?
faced by other cities
‧
Inner city area
Skills
‧
Amenity
‧
Identify the geo-issue
‧
Urban decay
‧
Interpret line graph
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Cubicle apartment
‧
Interpret geo-information
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Bed-space apartment
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Interpret photos
‧
Land use conflict
in China)
18
(Show concern for
Similar urban problems
the problems
caused by urban
development)
School Term
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
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11-12
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Knowledge
and
Assessment
Values#
4/
Class discussion of
Look and do
(Show concern
current news
(p77-78)
for the problems
Hong Kong?
traffic problems in Hong Kong
caused by urban
Central-Wan Chai
‧
development)
Bypass
problem of urban decay
Mass transit system
‧
Measures to solve the
Measures to solve the
Measures to solve the
housing problems and to conserve
urban decay?
the environment in older urban
Urban renewal scheme
areas
Owners’ corporation
‧
Identify the geo-issue
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Mandatory Building
‧
Interpret map
Inspection Scheme
‧
Organise and present
Mandatory Window
geo-data
Inspection Scheme
‧
data
in the older urban city
‧
areas?
field
Self-contained
7.4 How can we conserve
conflicting
interests of
different land
necessity of
tolerance and
Draw conclusions from
analysed goe-information and
the housing problems
(Be aware of the
(Appreciate the
‧
7.3 How can we deal with
‧
users)
Skills
‧
Learning
Activities
‧
‧ Infrastructure
‧
Consolidation
traffic problems in
7.2 How can we deal with
‧
SL/AL
Teaching and
Densely populated
7.1 How can we deal with
‧
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
Undertake sampling in the
compromise in
resolving urban
problems)
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Teaching Focus
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Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
the environment in the
inner city areas?
‧
One-way traffic
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Reduce, reuse, replace,
recycle, reject
13
8.1 What do we mean by a
sustainable city?
Meaning of sustainable
Class discussion of the
project work:
How to Solve the
developmentsustainabl
‧
Urban Problems?
e city
sustainable city
8.2 How can sustainable
urban development
help solve urban
problems?
‧
Greenery
‧
River restoration
8.3 How can we progress
towards sustainable
development?
Ecological
sustainability
‧
‧
2/
urban development
Sustainable
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Knowledge
Biodiversity
Characteristics of a
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Skills
‧
Identify the geo-issue
‧
Interpret photos
‧
Read and interpret maps
‧
Interpret geo-information
Values#
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Teaching Focus
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Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
SL/AL
14
Revision
2/
i
15
Mid- Year Examination
NA
NA
Values#
7
Multiple-choice
questions
Data-response
questions
16
NA
Mid- Year Examination
NA
Multiple-choice
questions
Data-response
questions
17
Christmas and New Year
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
holidays
18
Christmas and New Year
holidays
Second Term
(3/1/201716/7/2017, Weeks 19
to 46)
19
Mid-Year Exam paper
discussion
Discussion
Lecturing
1/
NA
NA
19-20
1.1 How many people are
1
3/
P.4 fig 1 Guessing
P.9
there in China?
To find out the total number
of people living in China
Ex 1(b)
18
game
(Understand the
P.5 fig 3 Steps of
seriousness of
School Term
Weeks
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Population
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
2
Population density
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
3
sparsely populated
drawing a bar chart
population
characteristics of China’s
and a line graph
problem as an
important issue of
To understand the population
Learn how to use an
China and the
growth patterns in China
atlas to find a place
world)
(e.g. China)
China as a multi-ethnic
Learn how to use an
country
atlas to find
information about a
place (e.g. population
distribution)
21
2/
1.2 What are the
1
To identify the geo-issue
characteristics of China’s
2
To understand the rate of
exercise Construct a
population?
natural increase, total
line graph
Natural increase
population and population
Calculate population
birth rate
growth
growth rates
P.15 Look and do
death rate
3
To interpret a line graph
Draw population
Migration / net migration,
4
Construct and interpret a
pyramid
population pyramid
Calculate population
immigrant / immigration
emigrant / emigration
Less developed country /
more developed country
Sex ratio
5
Values#
To find out the
population
Population distribution
Densely populated areas and
SL/AL
Teaching and
Observe and interpret
patterns from geo-data
growth rates
P.15 Look and do
P.23 Look and do
School Term
Weeks
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
SL/AL
Values#
Age structure
Population pyramid
Expansive / stationary /
constrictive population
pyramid
22-23
Lunar New Year Holiday
24
2.1 What is overpopulation?
1
To define overpopulation
Overpopulation
2
Carrying capacity
Sustain, unsustainable
Depletion
3
Calculate the
P. 27 look and do
18
To understand the problems
population growth
P. 28 look and do
(Understand the
brought by overpopulation
rates in China in recent
seriousness of
years
population
Group discussion
problem as an
To understand China’s
solutions to deal with
overpopulation
Industrial Revolution
2/
important issue
of China and the
world)
(Show concern for
the people
suffering from
different
population
problems)
(Be aware of the
fallacies in
population issues
School Term
Weeks
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
SL/AL
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
Internet searching
Values#
2.2 What problems will
To find out the population
Overpopulation is
overpopulation bring?
problems caused by
a serious social
Quality
overpopulation.
problem)
Slum
Environmental deterioration
25
2.3 Is China overpopulated?
To understand the population
Allowance
problems in China
2/
Class discussion
P.35 Maim points
7 18
2/
Class discueeion
P. 38 and 39 look
10
Map reading
and do
Abortion, pregnancy
Newborn
26
3.1 What is the distribution
To understand the population
pattern of China’s
distribution pattern in China
population?
P.53 -57 GIS
Uneven distribution
exercise
Eastern and southern China,
central China, western
China
School Term
Weeks
27
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
SL/AL
2/
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
3.3 What are the problems
To understand the problems
arising from such
arising from such distribution
distribution pattern in the
patterns
population
coastal and interior regions?
To understand the solutions to
problem as an
Congestion
alleviate such problems
important issue
Class discussion
P. 48 look and do
Values#
(Understand the
seriousness of
Map reading
of China and the
Agricultural
world)
Arable land
(Show concern
Gross Domestic Product
for the people
(GDP) per capita
suffering from
P. 52 main points
Renminbi (RMB)
different
3.4 What can be done to
population
alleviate such problems?
problems)
Nuclear power plant
Three Gorges Project
Marketing, pricing
Chloropleth map
28
Case studies
P.60-61 look and
situation of the world population
Revision:
do
Population structure
To understand the problems
pyramid
Population pyramid
caused by the ageing population
4.1 What is happening to the
To understand the current
world population?
Dependency ratio
and their solutions
2/
Population
7 10
School Term
Weeks
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
SL/AL
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
Values#
Labour force
Life expectancy
Negative population growth
Demography, Demographic
transition, Demographic
Transition Model
Infant mortality rate
Tribe
Contemporary
Standard of living
29
4.2 Are the population
To understand
problems of the more
population problems in the more
developed countries the
developed countries and the less
same as those of the less
developed countries
developed countries?
To understand the reasons why
Scarcity of resoures
some countries have negative
Use of fuel wood
Unemployment
Underemployment
Sanitation
Malnutrition
Ageing population
the major
population growth
2/
Case studies
P.68-69 look and
do
7 10 18
School Term
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
Internet searching
P. 74 look and do
18
Case studies
P.78-79 look and
(Understand the
Calculate dependency
do
seriousness of
ratio
P.81-82 look and
population
Draw conclusion from
do
problems in
SL/AL
Values#
Tax
4.3 How can the problems
To understand the solutions to the
of population be solved?
population problems
2/
Population control
Population policy
Social security system
analyzed information
and data
different
P.83-84 main
points
countries)
(Show concern
for the people
suffering from
different
population
problems)
30
Uniform Test
31
Unit 1 Why do we need to
1
2
of energy resources used
in the world? Where can
3
they be found?
II What are the global
patterns of energy
4
to find out
18
the distribution of
Activity 1.1
(We should waste
natural resources by
(P.4-5)
any energy
different types of energy
using the atlas
Activity 1.2
resources)
resources in the world
To describe trends
(P.8-9)
from data
Activity 1.3 (P.12)
of energy production and
To calculate the
Activity 1.4
consumption
energy consumption
(P.14-15)
Consolidation
Analyse the distribution of
Understand the global patterns
Investigate the reasons of the
2/
Revision:
Starter (P.2-3)
energy resources
struggle for energy
resources?
I What are the major types
Know the major types of
per capita
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Extended Parts*
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Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
SL/AL
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
production and
uneven share of energy
To construct
consumption?
resources between MDCs and
proportional bars by
LDCs
GIS tools
III Why is there an uneven
share of energy resources
5
between MDCs and
the uneven pattern of energy
LDCs?
production and consumption
Values#
(P.18)
Understand the implication of
IV What is the implication
of the uneven pattern of
energy production and
consumption?
32
Unit 2 What are other
1
Understand the reasons of
2/
Revision:
to measure
Activity 2.1 (P.19)
current problems with
people using non-renewable
distance on maps
Activity 2.2
energy resources?
I
Why are we using these
energy resources
Revision:
(P.22-23)
II
2
calculate percentages
Activity 2.3 (P.27)
Activity 2.4 (P.31)
energy resources?
of using non-renewable energy
Revision:
What are the
resources
pie chart
environmental problems
3 Understand the problems of
caused by our current
exploitation and use of
fossil fuels?
III
Analyse the negative impacts
Why is the use of fuel
wood in less developed
region a threat to people
and the environment?
using fuel wood in LDCs
4
Understand the advantages of
using renewable energy
resources
to
to draw a
Class Debate:
Consolidation
to
identify the pros and
cons of different types
of energy resources
(P.34-35)
10
School Term
Topics/
Extended Parts*
Weeks
IV
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
SL/AL
Values#
Why do we need to
develop renewable energy?
33-34
Easter Holiday
35-36
Unit 3 What alternatives
To calculate data for
Activity 3.1 (P.36)
18
different renewable energy
comparison
Activity 3.2 (P.40)
(We should keep
resources based on the case
Class interview / Role
Activity 3.3 (P.44)
our environment
lead to a more
study:
play:
Activity 3.3
clean)
sustainable energy
- HEP- China
personal viewpoint on
(P.48-49)
(Use clean energy
a controversial issue
Consolidation
resources)
after comparing the
(P.53-54)
do we have?
I
How does wind power
future for the UK?
II
I.
How does hydropower
1. Identify the advantages of
4
2. Analyse the pros and cons of
using nuclear power
to express
lead to a more
pros and cons
sustainable energy
To conduct a
future for China?
questionnaire survey
How does biofuel lead
to a more sustainable
energy future for
Brazil?
II.
Is nuclear power a
possible way out?
37-38
Unit 4 How can future
1. Know the measures that have
4/
To interpret
Activity 4.1
18
(Save energy)
energy demand be met in a
been done to make HK a more
information from
(P.55-56)
more sustainable way?
I. What can Hong Kong do
sustainable city
photos and figures
Activity 4.2
2. Explore possible measures that
Class debate:
(P.61-62)
to deal with its energy
can be done to make HK a
to
express personal
Activity 4.3
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Topics/
Extended Parts*
Learning Objectives/
Teaching Focus
problems?
sustainable city
II. What are the possible
SL/AL
3. Explore possible solutions to
Teaching and
Consolidation
Learning
Activities
and
Assessment
viewpoint on a
(P.66-67)
controversial issue
Consolidation
national and global
energy problems at national
with reasons
(P.68-69)
solutions for energy
and global levels (MDCs &
Revision:
Self-reviewing
problems of the world?
LDCs)
calculate data and
Understand individual role to
draw a bar graph
III.What can we do at home
and at school?
4
achieve a sustainable city
Revision:
to
Values#
Tool (P.72-80)
to describe
and explain the change
of a trend
39
(Summer
order)
Revision
2/
40
(summer
order)
Revision
2/
41
Final Exam
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Core Values of Wah Yan College, Kowloon
I.
Love and care
1.
2.
3.
Accept & feel positive about himself
Appreciation & Gratitude
Empathy & Compassion
4.
5.
6.
Forgiveness & Reconciliation
Service
Family as a basic unit of society; marriage is the
foundation of a family
II.
Strive for excellence
7.
8.
Reflective
Commitment
10. Curiosity & willingness to learn
11. Value imagination and creativity
9.
Perseverance
III. Respect and Justice
12. Life is valuable and respectable
13. Openness to good in all things
14. Respect for himself & others
15. Integrity
16. Faithfulness
IV. Responsibility
17. Freedom & Self-discipline
18. Care for the environment
19. Social Identities: citizen identity, national identity
and global citizen identity
V.
20. Experience of God
22. Appreciate religious liturgies
Faith
21. Explore & practise one's faith