Field Trip to Ma Shi Chau Notes to Teachers
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Field trip to Ma Shi Chau – Notes to teachers
1. This set of worksheet can be used when teaching: a. Theme: Landform and endogenetic processes b. Theme: City
2. This set of worksheets consists of two main parts: a. Physical Geography: folding and faulting in Ma Shi Chau b. Human Geography: Urban encroachment in Yim Tin Tsai and along Sam Mun Tsai Road
3. Teachers can either select one of the above topics and make it a half-day trip or select both topics and make it a whole-day trip.
4. Estimate time to walk from Sam Mun Tsai to checkpoint 1: 30 minutes Estimate time to walk from checkpoint 1 to checkpoint 4: 1 hour 15 minutes
5. Transport: Bus: 74K (Tai Po KCR station – Sam Mun Tsai) Green mini-bus: 20K (Tai Po KCR station – Sam Mun Tsai)
6. Useful website: http://parks.afcd.gov.hk/newparks/chi/education/classroom/mscnt.htm
Suggested answer for worksheets:
Landform and endogenetic processes Checkpoint 1: 1. Tolo Channel 2. Long and narrow in shape 3. It is affected by the presence of fault line. Since the fault line is straight and more erosion occurs along the fault line, it produced a long and narrow shaped Tolo Channel.
Checkpoint 2: 2. They are tilted.
Checkpoint 3: 2. faulting
Checkpoint 4: 2. folding