Welcome To Bishan Park Secondary School

Fieldtrip to Asian Civilisation Museum (Sec. 1)

Fieldtrip to Oh Chin Huat Hydroponics Farm (Sec. 2)

Humanities
Teachers	Email Address
Mrs Linda Wee (SNR Teacher)	soh_suay_hung@moe.edu.sg
Ms Tan Wei Nah	tan_wei_nah@moe.edu.sg
Ms Stephanie Chew Li Ling	chew_li_ling_stephanie@moe.edu.sg
Mrs Hannah Loh	low-bai_xiao_fen@moe.edu.sg
Ms Lee Sau Foon	lee_sau_foon@moe.edu.sg
Mrs Muthu	ramasamy_amirtham_ammal@moe.edu.sg
Miss Noelene Liew	noelene_liew_oi-yin@moe.edu.sg


Teachers	Subject
Ms Tan Wei Nah (Subject Coordinator)	History
Ms Lee Sau Foon
Mrs Muthu
Mrs Linda Wee (Subject Coordinator)	Social Studies
Ms Tan Wei Nah	Social Studies
Mrs Hannah Loh (Subject Coordinator)	Geography
Ms Stephanie Chew Li Ling
Miss Noelene Liew

**OUR VISION**
To instill in our students an inquiring mind, to develop empathy through understanding our past and present, and the importance of contributing to our changing world.
Short-term goals: Improve MSG for combined Humanities to MSG 4.0 To provide many opportunities to different groups of pupils to be engaged in active learning through interactive web sites. To continue to stir the interest of the students in the Humanities subjects through planned field trips, interesting IT lessons that are put up by students and participation in external competitions. Long-term goals: Humanities department as one of the pillars to help school achieve value added results..

PROGRAMMES

TERM 1

Programme

Date

Fieldtrip to Asian Civilisation Museum for Sec. 1 students

11/3/08-12/03/08

Fieldtrip to Oh Chin Huat Hydroponics Farm for Sec. 2 students

Fieldtrip to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve for Sec. 3 students

E-learning for lower secondary students

10/3/08-14/03/08

TERM 2

STAR Programme for graduating students

26/05/08 – 30/05/08

Local Field Trips 1 (Learning Journey)

Post-Examination

TERM 3

Weekly Remedial for graduating students

Every wed

Fieldtrip to Peninsular Malaysia (Tentative)

28/08/08-31/08/08

TERM 4

Local Field Trips 2 (Learning Journey)

Post-Examination

Intensive Revision Program for graduating students

Post- Prelim

10.

Small-group coaching

Post-Prelim

11.

Contents strengthening for Social Studies

Post-Prelim

12.

Night study program

Post-Prelim

RESOURCES

Lower Secondary Geography

Agriculture – Crop Engineering	www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/engineer/
Agriculture – Rice	www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/hillside.html www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/1000008.htm
Earthquakes and Volcanoes	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/framework.html
El Nino	www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/anatomy/earthsweather.html
Geography Song	www.mapville.com/riback/places.htm
Outline Maps	geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/
Plate tectonics and landforms	www.geography-site.co.uk/
Recycle Team (Waste Management)	edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Board/R/ recycleteam.html
Rock Cycle Race	edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Board/R/ RockCycleRace/index.htm
Rocks	www.nswmin.com.au/education/lesson-plan/primary-rock-lessons.pdf
Satellite images	visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Statistics of countries	www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_glance.htm
Tropical Rainforest	Passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.html

Upper Secondary Elective Geography

Agriculture	Agriculture system www.fao.org/
	Introduction to agriculture www.greatauk.com/wqagriculture.html
	Wet Rice Cultivation www.knowledgebank.irri.org/ www.irri.org/
	Case study Oil Palm Plantation www.mpopc.org.my/
	High-tec Farming in Singapore www.aerogreen.com.sg
Manufacturing	The Manufacturing Industry in Singapore www.jtc.gov.sg
Tourism	Changes in Tourism www.world-tourism.org/ Tourism trends in Singapore and Malaysia www.stb.com.sg tourism.gov.my/ Case study Marketing Singapore www.stb.com.sg
Development	www.singstat.gov.sg/
Environmental Management	Causes of Environmental Degradation www.ieagreen.org.uk/ Environmental management app.mewr.gov.sg/home.asp?id=M1

Lower Secondary History Resources

Sites for China	www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/ANCCHINA/YELLOW.HTM www.chinapage.com
History of Singapore Websites	picas.nhb.gov.sg

Upper Secondary History Resources

Russia	www.emayzine.com/lectures/russianrev.html
Germany	www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ww2era.htm
The Cold War	lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/