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Certificate of Secondary Education |
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SC-SCA013-2 |
Further Chemistry |
Environmental Chemistry:
- Fundamental principles, scope of environmental chemistry.
- Atmospheric Chemistry; the troposphere, stratosphere, temperature inversion and the composition of the troposphere.
- Changes in the compositions of the troposphere, stratosphere. Air pollution, chemistry of the pollutants, Monitoring air pollution.
- Aqueous chemistry. Role of water in aqueous chemistry, Contamination of fresh water, sewage by pollutants. Chemistry of these pollution in water. Monitoring water pollution.
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Further Biology |
Advances in biotechnology and improvement of quality of life:
- Applications of biotechnology in health, environment, agriculture and industry.
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Agrochemicals and Genetic Engineering |
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Certificate in Primary Education |
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Science, Technology and our Environment |
Impacts of human activities on the environment:
Environmental Pollution:
- Sources of pollutants.
- Effects of pollution on health
- Monitoring measures on pollution adopted by Hong Kong and different parts of the world.
- Environmental Protection in Hong Kong.
Noise:
- Measurement of noise pollution: loudness, intensity level and phon scale.
- Reduction of noise: sources of noise, effects of noise, noise control.
Radiation and health
- Biological effects of ionizing radiation.
- Radiation exposure, absorbed dose, dose equivalent, radiation level.
- Monitoring radiation and safety precautions.
- Nuclear energy and other applications of nuclear radiation.
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Modern Living |
Our Environment:
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OP-TVA001-2 |
Science, Technology, Environment and Society |
Environmental and ethical issues associated with the development in science and technology:
- Violations of social or natural orders;
- Violations of social norms and moral values;
- Problems and solutions of environmental protection;
- Pros and cons in applying new scientific discoveries and technologies.
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Agrochemicals and Genetic Engineering |
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School of Professional foundations in Education |
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Healthy Living |
Personal and community health: environmental hygiene |
Environmental Pollution
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The Study and Science and Technology in Our Society |
Physical science and applications: astronomy and weather, environmental pollution |
Environmental Pollution
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Study of Interdisciplinary Themes |
Case studies of designing and implementing interdisciplinary studies in General Studies: Environmental Protection (problem-solving) |
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The Study of Our Country and Our Society |
Human - environment interaction: physical environment and land use patterns; population, resources, and environment; sustainable lifestyle and society; the changing environment- problems and issues |
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Environmental Education: A local and Global Perspective |
- Principles and aims of Environmental Education;
- Environmental Education: International Development and progress;
- Environmental Education in Hong Kong: Formal and Community Education;
- Implementation and promotion of Environmental Education in primary and secondary schools; strategies and activities;
- Assessment in Environmental Education.
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Environmental Studies |
- Fundamental concepts of ecology: physical and biotic environmentals, habitats, niches and trophic levels, energy transfer and nutrient cycling, examples and interrelationships of ecosystems, succession;
- Environmental constraints and opportunities: natural environmental rhythms and irregularities at different scales, responses of people to environmental changes;
- Global environmental issues: global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, extinction of species, problems of population growth;
- Environmental pollution in Hong Kong: sources and effects, monitoring measures, environmental protection;
- Environmental decision making: sustainable development; the differing values, perspectives and agendas that influence decision making;
- Environmental studies, environmental education and General Studies.
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Interdisciplinary Themes in General Studies: An Inquiry Approach |
An interdisciplinary approach to learning General Studies: rationale, principles, framework and the integrated study of the four content areas (Healthy Living, Living Environment, Natural World and Science and Technology); |
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Science and Technology in Our Society |
Physical science and applications: ... environment pollution |
Environmental Pollution
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Environmental Studies |
- The environment: physical and biotic environment, interaction of physical, biotic and cultural factors;
- Ecological concepts and ecosystem: habitats, niches and trophic levels, energy transfer and nutrient cycling, examples and interrelationships of ecosystems, succession;
- Environmental constraints and opportunities: resource utilisation and the emergence of civilisation, natural environmental rhythms and irregularities at different scales, responses of people to environmental change;
- Impact of human activities on the environment: selected examples of human activities such as urbanisation, industrialisation and agricultural activities and related issues including global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion and extinction of species;
- Environmental pollution: sources and nature of pollutants, effects of pollution, monitoring measures on pollution, environmental protection in Hong Kong;
- Sustainable development: concept of sustainability, materialism and consumerism, environmental ethics, sustainable lifestyle and society, efforts towards international cooperation.
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Interdisciplinary Themes in General Studies: An Inquiry Approach |
In-depth case studies of interdisciplinary themes related to the General Studies:... People / Environment Interaction (exemplary concepts: adaptation and change, system, scarcity and conflict)…. |
Human-environmental Interaction
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Foundation Science |
- Materials and the environment: natural and synthetic materials, environmental problems of using synthetic materials, nature of major environmental pollutants;
- Energy and its uses: energy at home, non-renewable sources of energy, renewable sources of energy, alternative sources of energy, bioenergetics;
- The natural world: Earth's crust, life processes of organisms (reproduction, growth and photosynthesis), environment and adaptation of living organisms
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OE-TSA001-2 |
科學、科技、社會及環境教育 |
- 環境教育：污水、噪音、廢物及空氣污染
- 能源與材料：新材料、新能源，激光與電子技術，核能與核技術。
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