Finale

Hello all students!

Have you enjoyed the Geo Challenge Finals?
Were the food and videos delicious looking?

Here's the 3 teams which emerged victorious:

1st -- Raffles Institution
2nd -- Nanyang Girls High School
3rd -- Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)

GeoPrints:
1st -- Dunman High School
2nd -- Raffles Institution
3rd -- CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School
4th -- Zhonghua Secondary School
5th -- Singapore Chinese Girls’ School
6th -- CHIJ Katong Convent
7th -- Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary)
8th -- Temasek Academy
9th -- Regent Secondary School
10th -- Yuan Ching Secondary School

Most Popular Video: CHIJ Secondary School (Toa Payoh)
Best Directed Video: Hwa Chong Institution
Most Creative Video: Maris Stella High School

GeoTrail:
1st -- Nanyang Girls High School
2nd -- Raffles Institution
3rd -- Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
4th -- Methodist Girls’ School
5th -- Commonwealth Secondary School

Top team for each of GeoTrail stations:

Singapore Zoological Gardens: Maris Stella High School
Chinatown: Nanyang Girls High School
Sentosa: Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary)
Singapore River: Methodist Girls’ School

Prelim AQ:
1st -- St Andrew’s Secondary School
2nd -- Yuan Ching Secondary School
3rd -- Singapore Chinese Girls’ School
4th -- Tanjong Katong Secondary School
5th -- Gan Eng Seng School

Congratulations to these teams :)

Also, we congratulate the individuals who've worked hard and clinched the top 10 positions for the Prelims MCQ:

Wesley Chioh -- Raffles Institution
Chua De Xun Samuel -- Raffles Institution
Tan Wei Jie Brendan -- Raffles Institution
Chu Shao Min -- Raffles Institution
Benedict Tay Wei Sheng -- Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
Wee Hui Min Ashley -- CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School
Goh Min Hui Felicia -- Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)
Lau Hui Xing -- Anderson Secondary School
Lim Ming Gui -- Evergreen Secondary School
Julian Lee Shang Yuan -- St. Joseph's Institution

Information on Geotrail and Finals

We have received queries with regards to Geotrail and Finals. We apologise that some schools failed to receive the information as we have emailed all semi finalists Teacher I/Cs on Tuesday and we did not receive any failed delivery reports so we are unsure why some schools did not receive the email we have sent out.

We express our sincere apologies as we could not release the information before this week as the circular contains information that affects the games played and we do not wish to have some schools having an advantage due to research done prior Geotrail.

Here are the crucial information for tomorrow's programme:

Starting venue: Zoo
Reporting time: 7.30am
Ending venue: NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House
Approx ending time: Dinner Reception starts at 7pm

This is the email body that was previously sent out to all teachers:

Dear teacher I/Cs,

Please be reminded that the Geotrail Round and Finals Round of the NUS Geography Challenge will be held on 2nd April Saturday.

The attached document contains IMPORTANT documents and information on Geotrail. Please convey the important information such as what to bring, rules and regulations to your students. They are also required to submit the indemnity form attached in the document.

Students will depart for Geotrail from the zoo and are to report back to NUS LT 11 (Prelim Venue) with the last batch of students to arrive LATEST at 3.30pm. There will be ushers to lead them to NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House where the finals and prize presentation ceremony will be held. Teachers may arrive at 3pm/3.30pm at NUS to meet with their students.

The finals and prize presentation will end latest by 7.30pm. A more detailed programme timeline will be posted on the event blog before Saturday.

We have also begin the voting for Most Popular video on http://geo-prints.blogspot.com/. Please encourage your students to vote. The voting instructions can be found at our event blog.

DOWNLOAD GEOTRAIL CIRCULAR HERE:
Circular

GeoPrints Voting

HELLO HELLO!

Here's the moment you've been waiting for!
We have selected 10 videos to vie for the Most Popular Video award voted by YOU!!!

How to vote:

1. view the 10 videos at http://geo-prints.blogspot.com

2. click on the page "Vote" in the menu bar and choose your favourite
school's video

3. everyone is only entitled to one vote and double voting is not allowed

4. the voting closes on Friday, 1st April 2011, 1700hrs exactly


You are welcome to vote for other schools videos even if your school has not been shortlisted (don't worry you might still win our other exciting prizes or be in the Top 10!!)


Participants, get your friends to vote for YOU!

Preparing for Final

The submission of GeoPrints has closed, and we are in the process of diligently grading all your wonderful submissions.

Thumbs up to all schools who have submitted their travelogue! We are very impressed with the effort and all of you has made us organisers wanting to go on a holiday around Singapore already!

Here's a surprise for all of you!
YOU will be part of the judges for MOST POPULAR VIDEO. We will select 10 videos from the submissions to vie for the spot of MOST POPULAR VIDEO and your votes will have a significant impact on which video will be the winner for this award.

Do check out the blog in the next few days on information on how to vote, the voting will last till Friday 1st April.

Meanwhile for the semi-finalists, we hope you all have been preparing yourself for the exciting day on 2nd April. We will release detailed information on rules and regulations this coming week so remember to check this blog DAILY!

Cheers,
GC Organising Committee 2011

How's your progress?

Hello participants from the top 30 schools!

How is the making of your GeoPrints travelogue coming along?

It is less than a week to the deadline for the submission of your video.
do remember that the deadline is 5pm, 21st March.

Please refer to the circular (on blog post dated 3 March 2011) on how to submit your video.
Don't miss the deadline!

All the best in the making of your video!! :)

GeoPrint video

This is our video for you to have a better understanding of GeoPrint.



If you do not like it, what do you want to improve on?
What will your video be like?
Challenge us!

Remember to send in your video before the deadline, which is in less than 2 weeks time.
Attractive prizes AWAIT YOU!!! :)

Markers Comments

Markers Comments

Structured questions:

General Comments:
Markers are looking for concise and coherent answers. We are not expecting essay-length answers due to time constraints. Only 3 concise points are needed for a 3-mark question. Coherence is extremely important to convey ideas to the markers as we are not looking for perfect answers but a brief grasp of concepts.
It is helpful if students can identify the topic of the question before attempting to answer the questions. For example, question 36 is a physical geography question on hydrology and question 37 is a human geography question on population. This will aid students in using the correct key terms to attempt the questions.

Question 36:
Many forgot to attempt part a. They did not label the stream according to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. order streams. Attempting to label correctly for at least the first 3 orders will let the markers know they have some form of understanding of the question and some marks can be awarded.
Part b and c are related. Hence, many did not get marks here since their first part of the question were already wrong.
Many students got confused in part d question. The geology of rocks referred here are not the sediments/rocks the river is carrying. The geology (igneous rock & limestone) refers to the geology of drainage basin. The question is asking whether the geology of the basin has an effect to the pattern of streams (e.g., little tributaries, far apart streams) formed at the different parts of the basin and why is there this effect to the pattern of the streams.

Question 37:
Many students wrote at length attempting to explain what they had been taught in the textbooks, but that was not what we were looking for in the answers. The answers that stood out were the very few who critically engaged the statement in the question, or even better, presented an alternative view instead of agreeing “to a very large extent” or “agree totally with the statement”.
We are specifically looking for the understanding that the Demographic Transition Model is a euro-centric model, it is based on case studies from Europe. Developing countries may or may not follow this model as there are many other underlying factors that affect the population of a country. The best answers by students managed to identify that the Model is only a population projection; it is an estimation and may not represent reality.
We are not looking for the explanation of what each stage of the demographic transition represents.

Application question:
Majority of schools did not cover the aspect of sustainability/impacts at all hence leading them to be severely penalized for that.
In general, not enough time/ effort put into doing the mindmap, which should be where the ideas on postcard should be substantiated, and sustainability elaborated. Students should have better time-management. We are not looking for artistic talent; there is no need to spend too much time decorating the postcard. More time should go into expressing their ideas to the markers through the mindmap.
Markers are actually looking for them to creatively market Singapore as a tourist destination for one of the three target groups they have chosen and show how it is distinct from other countries. Schools which merely drew out what Singapore has to offer without the explicit link to the distinction from other countries or how it caters to the target group chosen were also penalized.

geoprints

We strongly encourage schools to participate in the OPEN CATEGORY of Geo-prints!

We will be giving away exciting prizes to the TOP10 teams and Most Popular Video, Most Original Video and Best Directed video.

Do not miss out on this opportunity to win exciting prizes!!

Geo Prints

Hello!


The long awaited information about GeoPrints is here!


Please click on the following link to find out more on how to participate in the GeoPrints.


Note: It is compulsory for the top 30 schools to participate in this Geoprints category as the score for this component accounts for 40% of your total score.


Schools not within the top 30 are also highly encouraged to take part.
(Prizes are just AS ATTRACTIVE!!)


GeoPrints Circular


GeoPrints FAQ

Let your creative juices flow, and we look forward to receiving all your entries soon!

Reminder!

To all schools(except top 30) who are interested in participating in Geo-Prints!

Remember to let us know that we are expecting your Geo-Prints submission by dropping us an email before 

1700hrs 7th March to contact.nusgc2011@gmail.com

Thank you and have fun!