Shatin Tsung Tsin Secondary School Geography S1 Teaching Schedule Topics

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1 Geography S1 Teaching Schedule Teaching Cycles (lesson) Topics 1 Bridge Programme: Induction: What is Geography? 2 Unit 1.1: What are urban areas and rural areas? 3 Unit 1.2: What are the major types of urban land use in Hong Kong? 4 Unit 1.3: Where is our Central Business District 5 Unit 1.4: Why are some residential areas near industrial areas in Hong Kong? 6 Buffer week for S1 life education camp or activities 7 Unit 1.6: What problems is our city facing? 8 Unit 1.7: How can we solve the urban problems in Hong Kong? 9 Test 1 Urban 9/10 Map-reading Skills book Chapter 1: How do we know where we are? 10/11abc Map-reading Skills book Chapter 2: How can we locate a place using grid references? 11d-12 1 st term Exam 13 Go over exam paper Map-reading Skills book Chapter 3: How can we locate a place using distance and direction? (Distance only) Map-reading Skills book Chapter 3: How can we locate a place using distance and direction? (Direction only) Map-reading Skills book Chapter 5: How can we locate a place using latitude and longitude? Core 3 The trouble with water Unit 4.1: What are the major threats to water resources? 18 Unit 4.2: Where does water come from? 19 Unit 4.3: What and where are China s water resources? 1

2 20 Unit 4.3: What are the major water problems in China? 21 Test 2 Water ( ) 22 Unit 4.4: Is nature to blame? 23 Unit 4.4: Is nature to blame? 24 Unit 4.5: What can be done to solve water problems in China? 25 Unit 4.6: What can be done to solve water problems in China? Consolidations & Revision 27 Final exam period 2

3 Class: S.1 ( ) Name: p.1 Geography A. Learn to ask and answer to the following questions 1. Where is it? and What is it like? 2. Why is it there? and How did it happen? 3. How and why is it changing? 4. What impact ( 影響 )does it have? 5. How should it be managed? While you are investigating( 調查 / 研究 ) a geographical phenomenon ( 現象 ), you may ask the above questions. B. Reading instructions There are many instructions in exercises, tests and examinations. Do you know what they mean? Column A 1 Refer to Figure 1. Fill in the blanks below. 2 Complete the following sentences. 3 Fill in the table below. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. Column B 參閱圖 1, 把正確的答案填寫在橫線上 / 空格內 完成以下句子 完成下表 在空白的位置填上適當的詞語 4 Complete the flow chart below. 完成以下流程圖 5 Read the news clipping below and answer the questions. 6 Study Figures 1 and 2. Then answer the questions below. 細閱以下剪報, 然後回答問題 細閱圖 1 和 2, 然後回答下列問題 7 Refer to your atlas. Locate the 參閱地圖集, 在圖 1 標示以上

4 place mentioned in the news above and mark them on Figure 1. 8 Shade China in red in the map below. 9 Match A to D with their corresponding numbers. 10 Follow the steps below to calculate the gradient. 11 Choose the best answer and put the letters in the boxes provided p.2 新聞所述地方的地理位置 在以下地圖把中國填上紅色 把 A 至 D 跟對應的數字配對 按照下列步驟計算坡度 選出正確的答案, 並把代表答案的英文字母填在方格內 12 Change the R.F scale below into statement scale. 將下列的分數比例轉為句子比例 13 Describe the earth s surface. 形容地球表面 14 Name one country in North America. 15. Find the distance between the two cities. 寫出一個在北美的國家 找出這兩個城市的距離 16. Explain/Give reasons 試解釋 / 找出原因 17. Justify your choice with map evidences 18. Identify the phenomenon. 識別該現象 從地圖找出證據來支持你的說法 19. Label pictures 1-4. 標記圖一至四 20. Study Fig.1, Look at Fig.1, what..? Refer to Fig. 1 on P.4.., what? 21. Suggest one measure/solution to solve 細閱圖一查看圖一參考圖一 提出一項方法去解決

5 C. Know these places (Map labelling) p.3 Date: 1. Hong Kong a. 18 districts Fill in the names of the 18 districts according to the numbers. 1 Yuen Long 7 Kwai Tsing 13 Kwun Tong 2 North 8 Sai Kung 14 Central and Western 3 Tai Po 9 Sham Shui Po 15 Wan Chai 4 Tuen Mun 10 Yau Tsim Mong 16 Eastern 5 Tsuen Wan 11 Kowloon City 17 Southern 6 Sha Tin 12 Wong Tai Sin 18 Islands Quiz 1 Which district is your school located in? Shatin 2 Which district has the largest land area? Which has the smallest land area? Largest: Islands (176.4 km 2 ) Smallest: Yau Tsim Mong (7 km 2 )

6 b. Selected peaks p.4 Fill in the names of the peaks according to the numbers. 1 Tai Mo Shan (957 m) 4 Lantau Peak/Fung (934 m) 2 Lion Rock (495 m) 5 Sunset Peak/Tai Tu (869 m) 3 Kowloon Peak/Fei (602 m) 6 Victoria Peak (552 m) Quiz 1 Which is the highest peak in Hong Kong? Tai Mo Shan 2 Which is the highest peak on Lantau Island? Lantau Peak/Fung Wong Shan

7 2. China a. Administrative areas Fill in the names of the 34 administrative areas according to the numbers. p.5 1 Heilongjiang 8 Jiangsu 2 Jilin 9 ( ) 3 Liaoning 10 Zhejiang 4 Hebei 11 Fujian 5 Tianjin 12 Guangdong 6 ( ) 13 Nei Mongol (Zizhiqu) 7 Shandong 14 Shanxi 15 Henan 25 Gansu 16 Anhui 26 Sichuan 17 Hubei 27 Yunnan 18 Jiangxi 28 Qinghai 19 Hunan 29 ( ) 20 Shaanxi 30 ( ) 21 Chongqing 31 Hainan 22 Guizhou 32 Taiwan 23 Guangxi (Zhuangzu Zizhiqu) 33 ( ) 24 Ningxia (Huizu Zizhiqu) 34 Macau (SAR)

8 b. Relief i. Selected plains and basins in China Fill in the names of the plains and basins according to the numbers. p.6 A Plains 1 Dongbei Pingyuan 3 Middle and Lower Chang Jiang Pingyuan 2 ( ) 4 ( ) B Basins a Tarim Pendi c ( ) b Qaidam Pendi Quiz 1 Which is the largest plain in China? Dongbei Pingyuan (area: about 350,000 km 2 ) 2 Which plain is Hong Kong located on? Zhujiang Delta 3 Which is the largest basin in China? Tarim Pendi (area: about 530,000 km 2 )

9 ii. Selected plateaux and mountain ranges in China Fill in the names of the plateaux and mountain ranges according to the numbers. p.7 A Plateaux 1 (Huangtu) Gaoyuan 3 (Huangtu) Gaoyuan 2 (Huangtu)Gaoyuan B Mountain ranges a Da Hinggan Ling d Qin Ling b (Huangtu) e (Huangtu) c (Huangtu) Quiz 1 The area of the Qing Zang Gaoyuan is about 2.5 million km 2 (around a quarter of China s land area), with an average height of 4,800 metres. This makes it the largest and highest plateau in the world. 2 Qomolangma Feng/Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the Himalayas (8,848 metres). It is the highest mountain on the continent.

10 3. Asia Countries in East Asia and South-east Asia Read the names of the countries according to the numbers. p.8 1 China ( Beijing ) 7 Laos ( Vientiane ) 2 North Korea ( Pyongyang ) 8 Thailand ( Bangkok ) 3 South Korea ( Seoul ) 9 Cambodia ( Phnom Penh ) 4 Japan ( Tokyo ) 10 Vietnam ( Hanoi ) 5 Nepal ( Kathmandu ) 11 Philippines ( Manila ) 6 Myanmar ( Nay Pyi Taw ) 12 Malaysia ( Kuala Lumpur)

11 4. World a. Selected countries Fill in the names of the countries according to the numbers. p.9 1 (Hua ngtu) 9 India 2 (Huan gtu) 10 (Hu angtu) 3 France 11 New Zealand 4 Germany 12 (Hu angtu) 5 Egypt 13 (Hu angtu) 6 (Hu angtu) 14 Greenland 7 (Hu angtu) 15 Mexico 8 Afghanistan 16 (Hu angtu)

12 b. Continents and oceans Fill in the names of the continents and oceans according to the numbers. p.10 A Continents 1 (Hu angtu) 5 (Hu ) 2 (Hu angtu) 6 (Hu ) 3 (Hu angtu) 7 Antarctica 4 Oceania B Oceans a Arctic Ocean d (Hu ) Ocean b (Hu ) Ocean e Southern Ocean c (Hu ) Ocean

13 c. Selected rivers, seas and lakes Fill in the names of the rivers according to the numbers. p.11 1 Danube River 7 (Hu ) 2 (Hu ) 8 (Hu ) 3 Congo River 9 (Hu ) 4 Indus River 10 Songhua Jiang 5 Ganges 11 Mississippi River 6 Mekong River 12 (Hu )

14 d. Selected mountain ranges Fill in the names of the rivers according to the numbers. p.12 1 ( Europe ) 3 Rockies ( North America ) 2 Himalayas ( Asia ) 4 Andes ( South America ) e. Selected deserts Fill in the names of the deserts according to the numbers. 1 Sahara Desert 6 Gobi Desert 2 Arabian Desert 7 Great Australian Desert 3 Namib Desert 8 Great Basin Desert 4 Turkestan Desert 9 Atacama Desert 5 Takla Makan Desert 10 Patagonian Desert Reference: Know these places by OUP 2017

15 D. Climate of Hong Kong p.13 Hong Kong's climate( 香港氣候 ) is sub-tropical ( 亞熱帶 ), tending towards temperate ( 溫帶 ) for nearly half the year. During November and December there are pleasant breezes ( 微風 ), plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures ( 溫度 ). January and February are cloudier ( 多雲 ), with occasional cold fronts ( 冷鋒 ) followed by dry northerly winds ( 乾燥的北風 ). The lowest temperature recorded at the Observatory is 0 0 C. Sub-zero temperatures and frost ( 結霜 ) occur at times on high ground and in the New Territories. Figure 2 Climatic graph of Hong Kong It shows the seasonal characteristics of Hong Kong over a year. Annual rainfall: 2,401 mm

16 p.14 Severe weather( 惡劣天氣 ) include tropical cyclones ( 熱帶氣旋 ), strong winter and summer ( 強烈冬季及夏季季風 ), monsoon troughs ( 低壓槽 ), and thunderstorms ( 雷暴 ) that are most frequent from April to September. Figure 3 of Hong Kong It shows the weather condition of Hong Kong of a specific day. Summary of weather changes during Typhoon Vicente on 23rd Jul, ºC hpa References: GovHK HKO HK GeoPark NE 7.5 m/s Nil

17 p.15 E. Geography tools We live in Hong Kong. But where is Hong Kong? To answer this question we need a map. Maps are the first tools we use in Geography. Maps help us to find and describe the location ( 位置 ) of Hong Kong and other places in the world. Location is very important in Geography. There are different kinds of maps in different shapes and sizes. For example, there are pocket maps and wall maps. There are atlases ( 地圖 集 ) and globes ( 地球儀 ). An atlas is a book of maps. A globe is a world map in the shape of a ball. in Geography. Atlases and globes are two special tools used Let s do this! Task 3 Label pictures 1-4. (Hints: Globe, Atlas, Wall map, Pocket map) Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Grade: Date: