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[26022025] Professional Development Courses 2025

There will be five teacher PD courses in 2025.

25 Feb 2025 – School-based Assessment for USG

1 Apr 2025 – School-based Assessment for Pre-U Geog

[NEW!] 30 June and 1 July SJINML Fieldwork on Marine Ecosystems - Biodiversity, Conservation and Climate Change at St. John's Island

[NEW!] 21 July 2025 – School-based Assessment for USG (Run 2)

8 Jul 2025 – Mandai Field Study on Sustainable Tourism for USG

Click on the titles to access the sign-up pages for these courses on OPAL!

[26022025] SJINML Fieldwork on Marine Ecosystems - Biodiversity, Conservation and Climate Change

Back by popular demand, this two-day workshop is conducted by St John’s Island National Marine Lab (SJINML) aimed at Secondary School Geography and Biology educators.

If guided nature walks, intertidal surveys and coral specimen handling sound exciting to you, you are in for a treat!

More information can be found in our PD page in this GYWiki link.

[24022025] Additional class run for USG School-based Assessment Workshop

Good news!

Due to overwhelming interest for the School-based Assessment Workshop for Upper Sec Geography on 25 Feb 2025, we have set up another class run on 21 July 2025.

More information can be found in our PD page in this GYWiki link.

[160824] USG Assessment Support Materials

The following two assessment support materials have been published on GYWiki.

Please click on the links to access the exemplars.

Exemplar 9 - G3 Express GIEL Tourism WA _Question Paper

Exemplar 9 - G3 Express GIEL and Tourism _Mark Scheme

Exemplar 10 - G3 Express GIEL Tourism _Question Paper

Exemplar 10 - G3 Express GIEL Tourism EOY _Mark Scheme

[170724] USG Assessment Support Materials for Cluster 1

The following two assessment support materials have been published on GYWiki.

Please click on the links to access the exemplars.

Exemplar 7 - G3 / Express Geography in Everyday Life and Tectonics

Exemplar 7 - Insert

[160724] LSG Assessment Support Materials

The following two assessment support materials have been published on GYWiki.

Please click on the links to access the exemplars.

Exemplar 7 - G3 / Exp RGI - Water - Humanities Geography

[1602124] Community Resource for LSG - Forests

A resource useful for the topic on Forests has been shared. This resource is a video from a NParks playlist that may also be suitable for use in your classroom.

Please access the lesson material and suggested use case shared on OPAL - GYWiki.

We invite you to share your lesson materials using this simple form.

[1302124] Updated Assessment Support Materials for LSG

The following two assessment support materials have been published on GYWiki.

Please click on the links to access the exemplars.

Exemplar 5 - Secondary 2 G3 / Exp EYE Humanities Geography

Exemplar 6 - Secondary 1 G3 / Exp EYE Humanities Geography.

[260124] Updated Resources for Fieldwork

Resources useful for planning and conducting fieldwork for the Lower Secondary syllabus have been updated!

Links to register for various places to conduct fieldwork has been added.

Please access the LSG resources here.

[180124] Community Resource for LSG - Housing

A member of our Geography fraternity has shared some resources for use to spark curiosity and discussion about Housing. Thank you Firdaus! He has shared an op-ed article about void decks as well as 2 videos.

Please access the community resource here.

[130124] Updates to FAQ [Upper Sec Geo]

There have been updates to the FAQs for Upper Sec Geography on OPAL - GYWiki.

Please find the FAQs at this link.

[120124 Updates to TLG and TLS for LSG and USG

The updated versions of the Teaching and Learning Syllabuses and Teaching and Learning Guides for both Lower and Upper Secondary Geography have been updated and are available on the Geography Wiki page on OPAL.

[120124] Community Resource for LSG - Transport Systems

This resource, a resource kit from the LTA, has been shared and has been found suitable for use for Lower Secondary, Transport Systems. In addition, a lesson suggestion has also been offered to show the possibility of using this resource kit for your lessons.

Please access the community resource here and a teaching suggestion here.

[110124] Community Resource for USG - Singapore Cluster

This resource, a storymap, has been shared and has been found suitable for use for Upper Secondary, Singapore Cluster. In addition, a lesson suggestion has also been offered to show the possibility of using this storymap for your lessons.

Please access the community resource here.

[130824] Updated Curricular Documents

The most updated versions of the TLS and TLG have been uploaded onto GYWIKI.

Please access these documents here.

[130824] Assessment Support Materials for Pre-U

The following assessment support materials have been published on GYWiki.

Please click on the following links to access the materials.

Structured Question 1 - Fieldwork - Use of Reusable Cups

Structured Question 2 - Fieldwork - Improving Walkability

Structured Question 3 - Deltas

[130224] CPDD Workshop on School Based Assessment for 2023 Pre-U Geography

This half-day workshop, facilitated by CPDD, prepares teachers for the implementation of the 2023 H1/H2 Geography Syllabuses. Participants will learn to: (i) develop question papers according to the scheme of assessment and prescribed syllabus content; (ii) craft mark schemes that indicate the marking approach, range of acceptable answers and mark allocation; and (iii) apply mark schemes to assess students’ answers.

Course date: 5th March 2024

Registration closing date: 20 Feb 2024

[300124] H1 or H2 Geography

Resources useful for Topics - Environment and Resources, Cities in a Sustainable Future for H1 and H2 Geography have been shared. This NParks playlist may also be suitable for other levels of study and other clusters.

Please access the resources here.

[110124] New Content MLUs on OPAL

2 new content MLUs, "How do human activities accelerate or decelerate climate change through feedback processes?' and "What is the influence of human activities on the global carbon cycle?' have been published in OPAL!

Access via OPAL or H2 Scope and Sequence at https://go.gov.sg/preugeog!