E-Humanities: Geography

Geography is all around you. The type of food you eat, the clothes you wear, the types of houses you stay in, the kind of landforms your coountry possesses, and everything and anything is closely linked to how the Earth has evolved over millions of years. In order for human to have more control over our living environment, it is important for us to gain a deeper understanding of this place we call home. Welcome to the world of Geography (2192/2235), as we embark on a learning journey to the study of Earth and everything on it.

To facilitate learning, Geography is often divided into two broad categories: Physical Geography, where we look into the aspect of the Earth, and Human Geography, where the artificial and man-made component of the Earth is analysed. You will come to see what you can expect in the learning of Pure Geography(2235) and Elective Geography(2192) in the following segment.

Map Reading

Lost in a jungle? New to a town? Trying to find your way around the new shopping mall? Imbue yourself with the skills of navigation which will ensure that you will never lose your way again with a map in hand.

Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes in China and United States, volcanic eruptions in Iceland and Indonesia, in view of all these natural disasters that take place around the world, one cannot help but wonder why is it that Singapore is safe from all the natural disaster? In this unit, we shall explore the structure of the Earth and how its internal process have led to the Earth as we know of it today. Strap yourself in and come discover the birth of magnificent features such as Mount Everest, Mid-Atlantic Rift, Mount Fuji, Kota Kinabalu, Death Valley and many more.
Breakdown of the Unit

Structure of the Earth
Types of Plates
Plate Movement and resultant lanforms/phenomena
Earthquakes and impacts
Managing Earthquakes

Weather and Climate

Are you feeling the heat recently? How would it be like to be staying further up North of the Equator? The unequal distribution of the Sun's warmth coupled with localised conditions, give the rise to different climatic conditions around the world. In this Unit, wewill be exploring the make-up of climates and how the climates have an impact on the lives of Humans.
Breakdown of the Unit:

Elements of weather and climate
Factors affecting the various factors
Types of Climate
Floods and Droughts (impact and management)

Natural Vegetations

Human beings are highly adaptable creatures who are able to adjust according to various climates around the world, from the way we eat, to the way we dress. However it takes great effortfor humans to adapt, unlike us, vegetations takes all these in their stride, adapting to harsh conditions in deserts to highly conducive environments in the tropics. In this Unit, we will take a look into the inner world of the natural vegetations around us, of how they have adapted themselves to the various climaticconditions around the world. More importantly, how the lungs of the Earth are now under serious threats due to Human activities and how we can help the situation...Wait no more, pledge you allegiance to help these silent victims of our activities.
Breakdown of the Unit

Types of Natural Vegetations around the world.
Usefulness of our forest.
Case study on Kalimantan and Amazon Basin.

Rivers

Flowing from the highest mountain peak to the lowest valleys, rivers knows no boundaries. Rivers can be highly destructive in times of flood, however, they can be givers of life when properly managed and harnessed. Before you can manage and harness it, you will first have to understand how it works. Sail through this Unit as we explore the most intimate details of rivers, from what gives them energy, to the landforms they create and possible strategies to manage them.
Breakdown of the Unit

River Energy
River Processes
River Landforms
River Management Strategies

Coasts

Gold Coast and Twelve Apostles are just two of the many features that attracts ten of thousands of people to catch the sight of them every year. Not only that, many properties built along the coasts command a high value as well, are all these properties safe? Will the coast it sit on, dissappear one day> In this Unit, learn about the various aspects of the coast, the landforms as well as to assess the stability of coastal areas, explore ways which human have tried to protect the coasts.
Breakdown of the Unit

Coastal Processes
Coastal Features
Coastal Management Strategies

Development

Singapore and Ethopia, where will you choose to live in? Ever wonder why some countries seem so much more advanced than other countries? Ever wonder how are countries catergorised as developed or less developed? Ponder no more as this Unit brings yo through the journey of discovering the answers to these questions as well as shows you the steps undertaken to alleviate the issue of uneven development in the hope of eliminating poverty in the world and work towards a better standard of living for all.
Breakdown of the Unit

Variations of Development around the world
Factors affecting Development
Strategies to alleviate un even Development.

Geographies of Food

Take a stroll in a Hawker center or the school's canteen and observe the plates of those who have finished their meals. Very often you will find unfinished food that's left on the plate and one cannot help but wonder while food is being wasted here, there are actually people suffering from starvation? Embark on this journey to understand how production of food works and you may just stumble upon a measure which may solve the issue of starvation.
Breakdown of the Unit

Variations of Food Consumption
Effects of the variation of food consumptions.
Factors affecting intensity of Food Production.
Impacts of intensified Food Production
Development in Food Productions.

The industrialised world

In the Unit of Development, you come to realise that the level of development often hinges on the type of dominant industry in a country an the type of dominant industry also depends on the level of development in a country. In this Unit, we will explore other factors that decides the location of industries and understand the new shift in industrial locations.
Breakdown of the Unit

Classification of Industries
Factors influencing locations of Industries
Global Industrial Shifts
Case Study: India and Malaysia

Tourism

Holidays are coming round the corner? Where is the destination for this year? Ever wonder why people travel to a certain destinations and not others? Through this Unit, you can be the future travel planner or policy makers in Singapore Tourism Board, as you can learn more about the reasons why people travel, the limitations of travelling and much more.
Breakdown of the Unit

Tourism as an Industry
Tourism as a phenomena
Impacts of Tourism
Managing Tourism