Year 11 – Geography Trip

The Year 11 Geography students visited Lantau Island on Thursday, October 21st in order to practise their primary data collection skills in an authentic context. The students conducted a series of measurements to calculate the discharge of a local river in Shek Mun Kap and then completed a beach profile exercise in Pui O.

In addition, they visited the central plaza in Tung Chung in order to conduct an environmental quality analysis and various pedestrian counts. All of these skills are potentially tested in the final exams and so the opportunity to engage in a practical data collection exercise of this nature should prove an invaluable aid to student success. It was also a pleasure for all of us on the trip to be out in the field visiting sites that really emphasised the incredible diversity of environmental features and human landscapes that exist in Hong Kong.