Climate change is an environmental issue of global concern. We need to face up to its impacts and come up with a solution with no hesitation.

This package is sponsored by the Quality Education Fund, and jointly compiled and published by Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen), and the Hong Kong Observatory. We aim to allow teachers and students in Geography or related disciplines to have a deeper understanding of climate change and to clarify common misunderstandings through the presentation of the latest scientific evidence and professional analysis.

Aside from providing a wealth of knowledge, this package can accommodate the senior secondary education as a desirable teaching tool. The teaching materials include: (1) teaching kit (text and figures, CD, and webpages, etc.); (2) mobile application about climate change; (3) board game learning set. All materials are developed based on the latest version of Geography Curriculum and Assessment Guide (Secondary 4 – 6): “(7) Climate change – Long term fluctuation or irreversible trend?” published by the Curriculum Development Institute of the Education Bureau and are divided in five chapters:

7.1 Is the climate changing?
7.2 What are the causes of global warming?
7.3 Climate change in Hong Kong?
7.4 What are the impacts of climate change?
7.5 How can we respond to the impacts of climate change?

The ample and comprehensive materials allow students to gain a basic knowledge of global and local climate change, and to further understand the relationship and impacts of human interaction with the environment. These diversified educational information and digital resources will enhance the interaction between teaching and learning at the same time and boast the interest in learning and the effectiveness of the curriculum, enabling students to appreciate the importance of environmental conservation and to promote relating messages, and raising public awareness on climate change.

The successful completion of this package relied on the professional scientific advices from the experts at the Hong Kong Observatory, the partnership and guidance of the Curriculum Development Institute of the Education Bureau, involvement of teachers and students in the pilot program, as well as different parties from educational institutions around the world. We would like to thank all the individuals and organizations for their effort and contribution.

Production Team:
• Advisors from The Hong Kong Observatory:
o Mr. LEE Sai Ming, Senior Scientific Officer
o Mr. TONG Hang Wai, Scientific Officer
o Mr. SHAM Fu Cheung, Chief Experimental Officer
• Project Manager: Ms. SIN Hang Sheung
• Project Officer: Mr. CHAN Man Hin
• Project Leader: Ms. LAU Suk Ching
• Project Supervisor: Mr. KWOK Chi Tai, Mr. LO Ping Hung

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1. Quality Education Fund (QEF). The HKO will record visits to the “MyObservatory” (“the app”) without collecting any personal identifiable information from users. Such general statistics are collected to compile statistical reports and diagnose problems with, or concerning, computer systems to help improve the app.
2. To provide location of field site, the app will save on QEF’s data servers user’s preferences on receiving such information through Push Notification. No personal identifiable information from users would, however, be saved.