Subject Talk for Sec 2

25 July 2017

Upper Sec Elective

Geography

Introduction

• Humanities subject is a compulsory subject forall Express and N(A) students.

• The Humanities subject has two components:

Compulsory Paper • Social Studies

Elective Paper • History Elective• Geography Elective• Literature Elective (Exp)

Geography is …

all around us!

What is Geography?“Geography” - 2 Greek words

geo (Earth)graphy (writing/ description)

It is a subject that studies…

Earth’s surfaces and processes that shape it

relationships between humans and physical environments

Generally, there are 2 broad divisions of Geography

PHYSICAL

GEOGRAPHY

HUMAN

GEOGRAPHY• study of physical features of the earth and processes leading to their formation

•Physical features are things that occur naturally on the earth e.g: mountains, volcanoes

• describes distribution & processes leading to their formation of natural features

When people make a lot of changes to the environment to suit their needs, like building roads, agriculture, the physical environment is changed into a human environment.

It describes the way people live, work and interact with the physical environment

What do we learn in Elective Geog?

Physical Human

Plate Tectonics Tourism

Weather and Climate Geography of Food

a) Geography IBL Lesson

What are the causes and impacts of inadequate food consumption?

Taken in March 1993, Southern Sudan, by

Kevin Carter

• Students exercise reasoning as they engage in a discussion on the issues shown in the picture.

• Building on the responses of the groups, the teacher explains the causes/impacts of inadequate food consumption.

What are the possible factors affecting food consumption?

Where did this occur?

What are the possible impacts of inadequate food consumption?

Suggest possible solutions to solve the food crisis in this area.

b) Experiential Learning

• To bring the learning of Geography alive, thedepartment believes in experiential learning.

• Such learning journeys and fieldwork help togenerate interest, curiosity and make studentshighly involved in their own learning. This willhelp to enhance their acquisition of skills aswell as understanding of knowledge andconcepts.

Sec 3 – Weather Data Investigation at Meridian Sec

• Students used variousweather instruments tomeasure the weatherdata within the schoolcompound.

Sec 4 – Tourism Fieldwork at Marina Bay

Students conductedinterviews withtourists, completed afield sketch and otherfield activities toinvestigate theattractiveness ofMarina Bay to tourists.

Sec 4 – Tourism Fieldwork at Marina Bay

Students conductedinterviews withtourists, completed afield sketch and otherfield activities toinvestigate theattractiveness ofMarina Bay to tourists.

In summary:

• Make your choice wisely!

• You must have the passion and interest for this subject!