Precious land Resources

Tasks: presentation and written report

Task situation and guideline for students to finish the project

Basic information for them to choose the most suitable area

Definition of sustainable development is providede to aid the decision making process of students

The principal of sustainable development

the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Economical

create positve econoic impacts to both the local residents and developers

Environmental

create minimal environmnetal impacts

Social

postive impact to the society/ community/ local residents

***acheive the balance among the three aspects***

Objections from different parties

Introduction

students have a brief background knowledge about the issue

Why?

Rapid increase of population

Increase Demand for houscing

Demand > Supply

Lacks of flatland (geographical limitation)

What?

Not enough land resources for development

Limited land for housing development

Process

Definitions of the key concept to aid the completion of project

make use of their knowledge about sustainability and land development measures to finish the plan

Choose the most suitable measure(s) to develop

Land development measures

Reclamation

the process of creating new land from ocean, riverbeds, or lake

Intrusion of country park

the use of land in country park for development

4Rs

Redevelopment

an act of demolishing decayed buildings and replace them with modern ones

Rehabilitation

the restoration of old buildings

Revitalization

a process to brings back ‘life’ and revive the unique characteristics of the problematic area or the building

Presevation

a process of maintaining and managing change to a heritage

Writing procedures

to find out the related information and knowledge

to understand the controversies involved

to come up with a plan that can best benefit all parties

Evalution

Rubric

used as a guided material

to familiarize students with the assessing criteria

Conclusion

Expected learning outcomes

Teacher's page

to provide teachers with neccessary procedures to guide students

to help teachers and students to reflect upon their progress throughtout the project