Learning and Teaching Sequence for the SS Geography

Curriculum

Level	Topics
S4	Living with our physical environment
	Opportunities and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas?	Plate tectonics and related landforms Tectonic hazards – Earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunami
	Managing River and Coastal Environments	Fluvial and coastal processes and landform features Human activities in river and coastal environments – Consequences and management
	Facing changes in human environment
	Changing Industrial Location	Factors affecting industrial location Case studies – Hong Kong, iron and steel in China, IT industry in the US
	Building a Sustainable City	City : processes, problems and solutions Concepts of sustainable development Sustainable city : characteristics, strategies of achievements, cost and benefits

S5	Confronting global challenges
	Combating Famine	Famine – Spatial pattern, causes and solution Case studies – Nomadic herding in the Sahel, irrigation farming in Southern California
	Disappearing Green Canopy	Tropical rainforest as an ecosystem Deforestation – Causes, consequences and solution
	Global Warming	Patterns of world temperature distribution Global warming – Causes, consequences and solutions

S6	Elective Part Offered
	Weather and Climate	Climatic systems – Temperature, pressure and wind, precipitation Weather and climate of Hong Kong Factors affecting the climate of China Drought in northern China – Causes, consequences and solutions
	Dynamic Earth	Earth systems – Internal structure of the Earth and rock cycle Geomorphology and geology of Hong Kong Geological resources – Reclamation materials Geological hazard – Landslides

Assessment

Component	Outline	Weighting	Duration
Public examination	Paper 1 Compulsory Part	75%	2 hours 45 minutes
	Paper 2 Elective Part	25%	1 hour 15 minutes

There will be no School-Based Assessment (SBA). There will be a compulsory fieldwork-based question in Paper 1. Candidates are expected to have fieldwork experiences.

Relationship between Geography (S1 – 3) Syllabus and SS Geography Curriculum

Geography (S1 – 3)	Geography (S4 – 6)
Topic	Topic
S1 : Using urban space wisely	Building a Sustainable City
S2 : The trouble with water Food problems	Managing River and Coastal Environments Combating Famine

S3 : Living with natural hazards   Global shift in manufacturing industry Oceans in trouble

Opportunities and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas? Dynamic Earth Weather and Climate Changing Industrial Location Disappearing Green Canopy